Extraordinary Portraits
BBC Breakfast

To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, a brand new series of Extraordinary Portraits sees comedian, musician, and art lover Bill Bailey pair a selection of extraordinary NHS workers with some of the UK's most celebrated portrait artists.

The six artists are challenged with turning the personal and powerful experiences of the doctors, porters, surgeons and nurses into compelling portraits.

In episode one, sculptor Nick Elphick meets Martin, an inspirational trauma surgeon at one of London’s busiest hospitals.

You can catch Nick on BBC 1 at 8.30pm, Monday 17th July 2023.

Nick Elphick
Welsh lives

Nick revisits the place where his passion for sculpture all began, offering his words of wisdom to students who are just starting out.

"My language is sculpting. You can't make poetry without being able to understand language and so my language, to be able to say something, was in sculpture. That's been everything to me and being able to help me find myself."

The Welsh Fusilier
ITV Cymru/Wales News

Nick Elphick talking to Ian Lang about his latest commission, a statue of a Fusilier and the Goat regimental mascot.

The Horse
North Wales Daily Post

Interview with Nick Elphick about the sculpture ‘The Horse’, that represent’s his father.

Self Worth -
an ongoing study
itv News

A piece of work based on Nick's struggles
with self-worth and dyslexia

Nick Elphick on Dyslexia
St David's College

From hating school and struggling with his dyslexia to finding his passion for creating and discovering a love of learning. Renowned sculptor Nick Elphick shares his unique St David's College story.

Wilbert Lloyd Roberts
BBC News

A sculpture commissioned in memory of one of the founders
of Welsh language theatre in Wales has been unveiled in Bangor, Gwynedd.

Lemmy from Motorhead
North Wales Daily Post

Watch Llandudno sculptor create a bust of rock icon
Lemmy from Motorhead

Queen’s Jubilee Sculpture
BBC, itv, Cheshire Life

Sculptor Nick Elphick's royal appointment for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

North Wales sculptor takes on Olympic challenge
North Wales Daily Post

A SCULPTOR is making four giant statues of athletes for an opera about the ancient Greek Olympics, to be staged just before the London 2012 Games.