Malcolm Bowmer was born in Nottingham in 1948 and spent his school days and early life on the edge of Sherwood Forest, spending many hours sketching around Newstead Abbey, ancestral home of Lord Byron. During the sixties, Malcolm was a professional musician, playing drums and touring Britain with various rock groups of the time.

When he was 21 he decided to 'go straight' and went into the lace industry, initially as a lacemaker, then as an instructor and finally as Personnel Manager. During this period he continued to draw and paint (having exhibitions of his work in the Midlands), and became interested in three-dimensional art, giving up his job to specialise in wildlife sculpture.

Drawn by the Cornish skies and sea, he moved to West Cornwall's Atlantic coast. He developed his talent working from his own studio/workshop in St. Ives. Initially he concentrated on the tin mines and granite cottages of the Cornish moorland, but one day was sculpting an egg shape from which emerged a cheeky chick - Eggbert was born! Malcolm put the figure in his shop window and it sold immediately

Knowing he had a winner, Malcolm developed the Eggbert character into a range and decided to approach a major manufacturer in order to achieve worldwide distribution and chose Peter Fagan's company to do the job.

One major part of Eggbert's success is that it is an ideal gift for anyone with a special interest, combining humour with sporting, professional all leisure pursuits. The 'Punny' name makes each piece an 'eggstra' special gift. Colleggtors enjoy joining in the name game and often write to Malcolm suggesting new ones.

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