The story of Jacob Epstein's 'Rock Drill' | Tate - http://www.tate.org.uk/context...
My favourite piece of sculpture - Iain Baker
"Epstein said: “I made and mounted a machine-like robot, visored, menacing, and carrying within itself its progeny, protectively ensconced. Here is the armed, sinister figure of today and tomorrow. No humanity, only the terrible Frankenstein’s monster we have made ourselves into…” - Iain Baker