Sculpture
Badger with gilded paws
Today – 6th October, 2015 is National Badger Day, so I’m thinking about badgers a lot, and the work of the Badger Trust the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and locally Ryedale Wildlife Rehabilitation. Though I’ve carved a number of badgers, there’s a sculpture I love by Beth Carter called Badger with gilded paws and here it […]
Noah’s Flower Festival, Lastingham
Mr and Mrs Noah – my contribution to Noah’s Flower Festival in Lastingham – they’re now in place to steer the ark and keep an eye on those giraffes, and all the other animals.
Staithes Studios Gallery
Yesterday I visited Staithes, as it was the opening day of the new Staithes Studios Gallery. The gallery is owned by Ian and Stef Mitchell, and is curated to reflect a passion for the natural, organic and abstract, offering a hand-picked range of contemporary fine art, applied craft, art materials and workshops. Staithes is […]
Thoughts of Bop
Bop is a tiny, few week old Tawny Owl chick, found by Countryside Tales blog in the road, bleeding. The injured bird was quickly taken to someone who has expertise in wildlife rehabilitation who was able to care for it. I’ve been thinking about how lucky it was that someone who has understanding and knowledge of wildlife […]
NYOS 15 – Moors & Coast
At the moment the apple blossom at my workshop is smelling, and looking, heavenly – and I’m enjoying the view of my workshed (the building that I love most in the world) through it. It is only a couple of weeks until North Yorkshire Open Studios 2015 and preparations gain momentum across the region […]
Little Snores
Found sleeping.
A lovely opening evening
This is the scene that greeted me as I arrived at the Hirsel – delivering my sculpture to the White Fox Gallery – the gallery overlooks breathtaking views of the lake and woodlands. The gallery nestles in a small cluster of buildings which make up the Hirsel Homestead Centre for Arts and Crafts in […]
Displaying sculpture
The difference between good and bad display of a work of art may be only a matter of a few inches in the height of the plinth or the positioning of the lights, but it will be crucial to our appreciation of the object in question. This is taken from an article by James […]
What inspires your sculpture?
This is a question I’m asked quite a lot. Most obviously it is from my interest and love of wildlife – sometimes it is just an expression of how I see the world. I do like to know my subject and invariably in researching it, I’m diverted to look up things I didn’t understand, which lead […]
Vernissage
Before I get to your invitation, please may I first introduce Stephen and Virginie who are the lovely owners of the White Fox Gallery where I will be showing my work as a guest artist throughout May. I did want you to meet them because it is such a lovely thing to have caring, […]