Possible Clues:

• Artist who works with a chisel
• Rodin or Henry Moore, say
• Artist who is chippy about her work?
• Giacometi or Oisin Kelly, say
• One might give curls to bust, capturing Pliny's head
• High courts must hold record for artist
• Uplifting advantage embodies cornerback in front of The Hill - the one craftily talking lumps out of Rock
• One working to perfect bust?
• Artist's model put closer -- eyesight's beginning to go
• Artist in solid materials