In ‘Big Bad Wolf,’ Sculptor Kendra Haste Contends with Conservation and Rewilding

Images: (Left) Kendra Haste working on the Waterloo station elephant sculpture. Patrick Davies Contemporary Art. Sculptor: Kendra Haste. Photographer: David Haste. Origin: Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 (inserted into collage). (Right) Detail of Haste’s wire work on a timber wolf sculpture. Patrick Davies Contemporary Art. Sculptor: Kendra Haste. Photographer: Matthew Hollow. Origin: Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0 (inserted into collage). Article by Kate Mothes. This Is Colossal – June 23, 2025.

From a simple material, Kendra Haste brings us face-to-face with striking sculptures of wild animals. Known for her use of galvanized wire to create life-size portraits of everything from calm elephants to alert deer to a family of boars, the British artist is fascinated by what she describes as the “essence and character” of each creature. The artist’s solo exhibition, Big Bad Wolf at the Iron Art Casting Museum Büdelsdorf, is Haste’s first in Germany and continues her exploration of wildlife through eleven recent works that bridge the animals’ world and ours. […]

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