Exhibitions
Stone Sculpture and naturalistic planting
If you missed the Beautiful & Useful Fair – here are a few images from the weekend. One of the lovely things about exhibiting at the Beautiful & Useful Fair is the venue. The Fair is held at Sussex Prairie Garden in Henfield which lends the most beautiful backdrop for my sculpture. This naturalistic […]
Beautiful & Useful Fair this weekend
It is the Beautiful & Useful Fair this weekend, so I’m gathering up pieces ready to show. These are Serpentine vases in the softest green colour with hints of warm gold with white veining and mottling. Each vase shaped and then polished to bring out the glorious colours. Every stone vase has a glass […]
Beautiful & Useful Fair 2022
I’m enjoying curating pieces for the Beautiful & Useful Fair 2022 where I’ll be showing my work in September. Definitely included is the Catcastle Vase, hand carved in pale and intriguingly textured natural stone. Each vase in the collection is differently marked with unusual pattern and subtle colouring. The three minimal designs are all […]
Swanley Mouse
Whilst at Swanley Grange, Fountains Abbey for the Heritage Crafts 2022 last weekend I started a sculpture as part of my stone carving demonstration. It wasn’t finished at the time, but now back at the workshop I’ve completed Swanley Mouse. Granges were outlying monastic farms that provided food for the monks. Swanley was one […]
Exhibition at the Sculpture Lounge
Here are a couple of sculptures I’m showing at the Summer Exhibition at the Sculpture Lounge from 25 June – 17 July 2022. My pieces for the show are a series of organic shapes and small, mostly for indoors as they’re in a variety of delicate, polished stones. This piece is called Pod […]
Collection for GNCCF online
I’m working hard just now putting finishing touches to my collection for the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair – Spring edition. The Fair is online from 21 – 22 May 2022 – more details here >> For this Spring collection I’ve made new vases, pots and small sculpture and am excited to show them […]
Corncrake Couple
Corncrakes (or Land Rails as they are sometimes known) are rather secretive birds, usually taking refuge in tall vegetation where they search for insects and seeds. They’re summer visitors to Britain, arriving mid April. The male will look for a suitable breeding site and start to sing for a mate. Once the mating has […]
The Buzzard
The Buzzard sculpture carved in sandstone – work in progress. Over the past few weeks the cries from Buzzards have become more determined and persistent. This follows a stage of display flights. Now they collect nest material. Buzzards use old twigs, small branches, and bark to construct a solid nest usually in the […]
Nest Exhibition
The Egg Maker – carved in Yorkstone This bird sculpture is one of the pieces I’m showing at NEST an exhibition at Watermark Gallery which runs throughout April. It is an exhibition all about birds, wonderful birds. Seven artists are coming together for this group show with their own individual depictions, in print, paint […]
Huddled Hares Sculpture
Huddled Hares carved in Yorkstone are part of the collection being shown at Connect Art Fair by Norton Way Gallery. Connect Art Fair, London’s Independent Art Fair is held at the Mall Galleries, London SW1 from 23 – 27 March 2022. Norton Way Gallery can be found on Stand 9. Connect Art […]