Roger Partridge obituary

My friend Roger Partridge, who has died aged 56 of cancer, was a sculptor who compared his experience of carving stone to “the joy of unwrapping a Christmas present as a child”. The pleasure he took in the process remained a constant throughout his career, as did his belief in what he called “the power of life” as expressed through sculpture.This was no casual position for him, as he had contracted cancer at the age of 16 and his illness had been a key factor in his decis