Rock Drill (Jacob Epstein) Modernism more dramatically than any other sculpture, English or continental, then or since". Jacob Epstein (1880–1959) was an American-born sculptor who had moved to Europe in 1902, and taken British citizenship in 1911. Although Epstein was not officially a member of the Vorticists, not having signed the Vorticist Manifesto, the full-figure sculpture has also been hailed as the pinnacle of Vorticist art. Originally a positive statement, "Rock Drill" stood as a celebration of modern machinery and masculine virility. Wyndham Lewis described the sculpture as 'one of the best things he [Epstein] has done. The nerve-like figure perched on the machinery,
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