THE SCULPTURES
Rick Murtagh from London designs his own Sleep Token sculptures, orbs and artwork
Rick: “I’ve been a metalhead since 2001. Chop Suey! [by System Of A Down] is what really got me into crazy metal stuff. My best friend, Rob, got me into Sleep Token in 2019. He was so into the band that I couldn’t really understand it at first. When he sent me Sundowning, I liked it – just liked it, at first. Even during the This Place Will Become Your Tomb era, I was dabbling back and forth. I wasn’t totally into it as much as Iam now. Seeing them support Architects at Alexandra Palace [in 2022] was the turning point. It was the whole aesthetic behind them: the performance, the way the fans reacted – I got it! I’ve been a crazy fan ever since.
“I’ve been doing art for most of my life, and sculpting for about seven years. The first Sleep Token sculpture I made was of Vessel, for Rob. It was just a Christmas thing, to say ‘thank you’ for getting me into them. I just got more and more into it, especially with with the release of and all that. My brain went into all these different directions. I started looking at the symbols, especially from and asking, ‘What would be a good way to represent
