Star Wars sculptor Liz Moore - film footage found

[Brian Muir]

Footage found on Pathe News - about 36 seconds in - of the talented Liz Moore aged 21 sculpting the four Beatles in her student days.

30 SECOND NEWS - STUDENTS GUARD ART TREASURES - British Pathe


She was responsible for sculpting c3P0 and the Stormtrooper helmet on Star Wars A New Hope

 

[Too Much Garlic]

That's pretty cool. She has an interesting style. Thanks for posting that, Brian. :cheers

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

Also responsible for the milk dispensers in the Korova milk bar in a Clockwork Orange.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

That is a cool find, Brian. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Brian Muir]

Yes I'll be posting photos of her work as her portfolio isn't widely known

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Cool. Looking forward to seeing that.

 

[Contec]

she's cute.

 

[rollerboi]

The milk bar! Really? That's awesome, I've always loved that thing.

 

[defstartrooper]

Cool i didn't know about the milk bar either.

 

[OldKen]

she's cute.

Cute? She was pretty smokin! :love

Neat lil vid! I look forward to whatever pics you have of her work! I would love to see pics or vid of her sculpting the TK or 3p0... that would be awesome.

 

[SithLord]

Thanks so much Brian, her work lives on through the Star Wars films. What a shame with her untimely passing. She is a lovely sight indeed.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

She also did the Star Child from 2001.

Really nice Beatles sculptures. Kind of exaggerated forms without being caricatures, and they really live.

As to her own looks, bring back 60s hair for all chicks now. lol...


Also, she didn't just sculpt Threepio; she's responsible for the final design. She sculpted about ten heads and Lucas picked his favourite.

 

[SithLord]

Just to add that Brian Muir did add some detail to her design in certain places, and also sharpened up the entire sculpture to make it look more like metal. So he did have some creative contribution to the final design as well.

 

[Clerval]

Brian-
I've wondered for years if there's anything else out there on her work... any leads, ideas? I don't know how much of her personal or pro work may have been shot for her portfolio or other? Got to be something, hopefully...

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

I share the desire to see more of her work. This may sound like overblown praise, but I was showing my GF the Beatles heads and she agreed that there is something Michelangelesque about the exaggerated, emphatic features. With Michelangelo you get massively deep eye sockets, a sense of the entire eyeball sitting in the head, every bulbous mass of bone brought to the fore, something one doesn't really see in reality, but it invests a sculpture like his 'Moses' (see pic.) with incredible power and life. Her Ringo has a similar quality. I really want to see the George, and the completed John, but I've searched the net in vain... though I did find this:

 

[Brian Muir]

Brian-
I've wondered for years if there's anything else out there on her work... any leads, ideas? I don't know how much of her personal or pro work may have been shot for her portfolio or other? Got to be something, hopefully...

Thanks for sharing this.

I'm hoping to be able to show more of her work soon

 

[Brian Muir]

Some of Liz's work

A Clockwork Orange - figures for Milk 'dispensers' and 'tables' in Milk Bar

'In bed with a Beatle' - Paul McCartney sculpted by Liz aged 21

Liz sculpting in her student days aged 21

Ringo Star (Beatle)

One of several concepts for C3P0

Star Child in '2001 A Space Oddessy'

The late talented Liz Moore - died 1976

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Didn't know she did the star child. Looks like she put some of herself into that sculpt.

 

[Clerval]

Brian, thank you. Great to see the StarChild and even the 3PO again out of their usual contexts. I have a feeling that we missed out on an incredible body of work with her passing... a cool person, too?

 

[Clerval]

Why did this thread end up in the new who cares forum?