I am passionate about the need for wilderness
and the plight of Britain's endangered animals. My animal sculptures and wall plaques focus
primarily on threatened species in the UK and are stylistically inspired by
etchings, woodblock prints, early 20th century illustration and Art Deco stone carving. My earliest
influences as a teenager were the Natural History, Archaeology and Anthropology
museums of Cambridge, and they inspire me still.
My figurative sculptures reflect a 25 year
fascination with our earliest pre-history and of later
Archaic
Greek stone sculpture. I hope to widen
the appreciation of ancient sculptures of women by re-interpreting them for the
modern world. I am also influenced by early 20th century stone carving, the qualities of line and use of negative spaces, but
coupled with the colour only really possible in 3D with ceramics.
All my sculptures are made
from a combination of slab-forming, coiling, carving, press-moulding and hand
modelling
using Earthstone clay, crank, terracotta or my own paperclay mix. They
are glazed using immensely variable stoneware glazes. Because of this, the images on this
website are to be seen as a guide only, and if you are interested in buying a specific
sculpture, contact me and I shall email you
jpeg pictures of the latest sculptures I have of that type in the studio, should
the sculpture featured on my website happen to be sold.
Forthcoming 2010 Exhibitions
Birdwood House, Totnes, Devon 27th
March - 3rd April.
Artspace 2010, Barn
Galleries, Aston, Henley-On-Thames 7th - 31st May.
Archaic
Greek stone sculpture. I hope to widen
the appreciation of ancient sculptures of women by re-interpreting them for the
modern world. I am also influenced by early 20th century stone carving, the qualities of line and use of negative spaces, but
coupled with the colour only really possible in 3D with ceramics. 
