He is busy constructing his own worlds, he says and in any case, he’s used to not moving for long periods of time when he’s engaged in his own art practice. It also seems to be the perfect low-key gathering for types who don’t like being overly social.Īfter he has finished posing, I ask Stein about the challenge of being scrutinised. The man next to me is a scientist: this art club is the only burst of creativity he gets all week, he says. It is here that Stein’s friend, Bligh Twyford-Moore, and fellow artist Noni Cragg, run the Gladdy Drawing Club every Tuesday. I’ve had spiders actually make webs between my limbs of mine because I’ve been stationary for so long Ted Stein, model We speak after I’ve spent two hours breaking Stein’s athletic form down into shapes upstairs at the Lord Gladstone hotel in Sydney’s Chippendale – a groovy little pub covered in graffiti that’s both commissioned and spontaneous.