Tony Clark with his sculptures of Leeds United legends

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00:00Yeah, sure. It started in 2019 when I just wanted to do something different from my regular job.

00:07So I decided to sculpt and be an artistic creator.

00:11And what sort of characters have you done thus far, especially with your Leeds United players?

00:16Yeah, we've done Billy Bremner, Marcelo Bielsa, Don Revy, Howard Wilkinson more recently,

00:25Pablo Hernandez, Gattano Berardi, Jack Charlton and Don and Billy together.

00:34And where do you get your ideas with the poses and these characters?

00:40I look into Leeds United history, I speak to a lot of fans and they tell me what they like to see.

00:48And then I speak with my artists and we just start from there really.

00:53Have you got any personal favourites?

00:55Yeah, 100%. It's got to be Don and Billy, he's my favourite.

00:59And a close second, Bielsa and Howard Wilkinson, 100%, the more recent one. He's awesome.

01:06Have you met these players and their families?

01:08No, the only people I've had a chance to meet, I've managed to meet Calvin Phillips, because we sculpted him as well.

01:15I've met Howard Wilkinson more recently, he did a signing for me.

01:19Marcelo Bielsa, I met him in the Championship promotion, when I was driving around in my truck.

01:27I met him then. And as for the players, yeah, I met them on the promotion season, when they got promoted.

01:35But yeah, they've been really nice, been really supportive.

01:38And what sort of feedback do you get from the fans?

01:41They absolutely love what I do. They're very passionate, like I am.

01:46But obviously, the problem with that is, I get really deep and involved in it then.

01:52And sometimes I go just a bit crazy on it. But yeah, they love what I do.

01:57Now the mixed sizes, and what do you make the figures out of?

02:01The majority are made from resin, just purely because of cost, to keep costs down.

02:07I have done some bronzes in the past, but I only do a few bronzes.

02:12If it's something special, then I'll do a bronze, but the majority is resin, yeah.