Rock Drill (Jacob Epstein) Rock Drill (Jacob Epstein) Rock Drill (c. 1913–1915) and the associated Torso in Metal from Rock Drill (c. 1913–1916) are Jacob Epstein's most radical sculptures. "Rock Drill" comprises a plaster figure perched on top of an actual rock drill. The combination of an industrial rock drill and the carved plaster figure makes the artwork an example of a "Readymade" created at the same time as Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel" (1913). A 1974 reconstruction, by Ken Cook and Ann Christopher, is part of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's collection. "Rock Drill" has been heralded as embodying the spirit of "radical
Sally Hepworth Sally Hepworth Sally Hepworth is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of five books, most notably "The Secrets of Midwives", a novel she published in 2015. Hepworth and her works have been featured in media outlets that have included USA Today, The New York Times, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Hepworth worked in both event management and Human Resources prior to her career as a writer. While on maternity leave with her first child, Hepworth wrote "Love Like the French", a novel about a British woman who goes to France after an accident leaves her husband