Murray, the Wimbledon men’s singles champion in 2013 and 2016, has stood for Williams-Ellis for about 90 minutes.<\/p>\n
During this session, he had to repeat the statues pose up to 60 times, the sculptor said.<\/p>\n
Williams-Ellis has spent the last four months creating the sculpture in clay.<\/p>\n
While he has not yet revealed what pose Murray will be doing in the statue, he confirmed it would show the sportsman moving and holding a tennis racket.<\/p>\n
The statue will capture the two-time Wimbledon champion in his early to mid 20s.<\/p>\n
Williams-Ellis said the shoes and tennis raquet were proving to be the most challenging parts to get right.<\/p>\n
“The strings don’t want to be too prevalent, but you want to have them showing.<\/p>\n
“So the human body is fine. I can get the movement on the clothing and his body, but some of the tools of his trade – his shoes and his tennis racket – seem to be causing more problems.”<\/p>\n