Artist: Alan Williams
Commission / type: Commissionable collection
Dimensions: Small 40–50 cm; medium 60–70 cm; large 80–110 cm
Display / installation: Usually wall mounted; landscape or portrait orientation
Current location / status: Made as unique commissions for private clients
Price / value: Small £1,000–£1,200; medium £2,000–£3,000; large £4,000–£8,000
Octopuses have become one of Alan Williams’s signature subjects. There are repeated compositional ideas across the collection, but every sculpture is unique because the reclaimed materials, scale and arrangement vary from piece to piece.
Scale is normally determined by the client’s budget and the space in which the work will live. Pieces can be made in landscape or portrait orientation. The large work Lilleth II was exhibited at the Flux exhibition in Marylebone, London, in 2025.
Typical components include car clutches, forged threaded bar, gas pipes, motorbike and bicycle chain, sprockets, gears and other mechanical salvage. Larger versions can incorporate car wheel rims, and some works have included aircraft turbine parts.
Works can be galvanised and painted where exterior or bathroom display requires weather and moisture protection.
Nidhogg Dragon
