{{Short description|English engraver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Jody Clark | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Jody Clark | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|03|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lake District]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]], United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | education = [[University of Central Lancashire]] | occupation = [[Engraver]] | years_active = | employer = | known_for = | notable_works = The final definitive coin portrait of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] Reverse of [[The Queen's Beasts (coin)]] bullion series | website = [https://www.jodyclark.com jodyclark.com] }}
'''Jody Clark''' (born 1 March 1981)<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/02/queen-elizabeth-coin-unveiled-royal-mint|title=Latest Queen Elizabeth coin unveiled|work=The Guardian|date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=4 March 2015 |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev }}</ref> is a British [[Engraving|engraver]] formerly employed by the [[Royal Mint]]. He designed the fifth and final portrait of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] to feature on [[coins of the pound sterling]], and that portrait was the sixth and final to feature on [[coins of the Australian dollar]].
==Career== Since he joined the [[Royal Mint]] in September 2012, Clark has worked on a number of projects including commemorative pieces which were given to attendees of the [[2014 Wales summit|2014 NATO Summit in Wales]] and medals struck to commemorate the [[2014 Ryder Cup]] which took place at [[Gleneagles Hotel]], [[Scotland]].<ref name="CoinUpdate">{{cite web|url=http://news.coinupdate.com/interview-with-jody-clark-designer-of-the-new-queen-elizabeth-ii-effigy-4709/|title=Interview with Jody Clark, Designer of the New Queen Elizabeth II Effigy|publisher=[[Coin Update]]|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> He has also worked on commissions for Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Lesotho and Tanzania. In 2014 a design by Clark was featured on the [[Britannia (coin)|Britannia coin]].<ref name="RMBlog">{{cite web|url=http://blog.royalmint.com/behind-design-britannia-2014/|title=Behind the design: Britannia 2014|publisher=Royal Mint|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321062029/http://blog.royalmint.com/behind-design-britannia-2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to joining the Mint, Clark worked in commercial packaging design.<ref name="Guardian"/>
In 2015 Clark's anonymous submission to a design competition was chosen to become the fifth definitive coin portrait of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] to feature on British coins.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31691060|title=Royal Mint unveils new coinage portrait of the Queen|date=2 March 2015 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> Clark was the first employee of the Royal Mint in over one hundred years to have designed such a portrait of the monarch.<ref name="Guardian"/> At the age of 33 when his design was chosen, Clark was younger than any of the other four designers to have created portraits of Elizabeth II for British coinage at the time their design was chosen.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/11443933/Queens-new-portrait-for-coins-revealed-by-Royal-Mint.html|title=Queen's new portrait for coins revealed by Royal Mint|work=The Telegraph|date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> Uniquely, Clark's portrait of the Queen was created using [[computer-aided design]] software to turn his initial sketches into the required low-relief model, with no manual sculpting being used.<ref name="RMBlog2">{{cite web|url=http://blog.royalmint.com/the-fifth-portrait-of-the-queen-is-unveiled/|title=The fifth portrait of The Queen is unveiled|publisher=Royal Mint|accessdate=4 March 2015|archive-date=5 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305002033/http://blog.royalmint.com/the-fifth-portrait-of-the-queen-is-unveiled/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Production of coins bearing Clark's design began on 2 March 2015, and they appeared in circulation later in 2015.<ref name="BBCNews"/>
==Personal life== Clark is originally from the [[Lake District]] in [[Cumbria]].<ref name="HuffPo">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/02/queen-portrait-coins_n_6782420.html|title=The Queen's New Portrait For UK Coins Revealed|work=The Huffington Post|date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=4 March 2015}}</ref> In early 2015 he went on paternity leave following the birth of his first child.<ref name="Guardian"/>
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