British Birds, the Titmice and Finches
I love making these little birds out of recycled metals. They are all fairly close to lifesize (usually just a bit bigger) and are made to hang on a wall.
I always make the long-tailed tits as a pair as in real life you never see one just on it's own!
Horses
I find the sculpting of a horse a really interesting challenge, they are a form we think we know so well. Their power, physique and the debt owed them by humanity as the early fast vehicle of trade and conquest has always been a subject for artists since early dawn of time.
Artform: Sculpture/Mixed Media
A horse that might be described as 'Steampunk' style because of all the cogs, levers and hinges to be found on it's body. The draft excluder mane reminds me of the hogged manes of the ancient Greek horses hence the name.
74cm long x 63cm high x 20cm wide 2012
The title for this piece is a little tongue in cheek, it is partly the swiftness and speed of these creatures and also because there are a lot of old watch parts in this sculpture!
Recycled metals, steel &copper wire, decorative tins, watch parts, keys, cutlery.
65cm x 46cm x 18cm 2011 I particularly like the 'Canadian Mountie' spoon that I used for the right eye
This piece is made from recycled food tins. colanders and scraps of copper sheet. A beautiful little mare 74cm long x 57cm high x 20cm wide 2009
One of the first horses I made with recycled materials
approx 70 cm long x 50cm high x 18cm wide 2007
Griffen 2011
The only mythical beast I've made so I had free range to make it look however I wanted!
Recycled metals,decorative tin,and various pieces of 'found' materials such as umbrellas, keys, bike spanners, cutlery, chain saw blades, hinges, dog leads and lawn mower parts.
63cm x 63cm x 25cm
Artform: Sculpture/Mixed Media
Highland Hares
The Hare is a theme I have returned to several times, the initial inspiration came from a visit to the Natural History Museum where I studied their skeletal structure. I was amazed to see that the bones of their forelegs have an unexpected elegant bend, they seem so delicate but they are in fact tough little creatures made for running.
Rather than portray them in full flight or boxing, as many other artists do, I prefer to model them in a sitting pose, poised for action.
79cm high x 37cm long x 22cm wide
this piece was a commissioned gift for a playwright, the name's a clue!
Recycled metal objects, steel wire, copper wire, old biscuit tins
66cm x 26cm x 38cm
This sculpture is made from a whole variety of found objects such as cutlery, keys, guitar wires, copper cylinder and tartan biscuit tin! The legs are from car windscreen wipers.
All the pieces are assembled and stitched onto a wire armature which is also very much a part of the final piece. I was given a larger bag of windscreen wipers and I think I used over 20 in this piece
72cm high x37cm long x24cm wide
I did not have my usual windscreen wiper arms for back legs in this piece, a wheel castor and small metal trowel worked just as well.
Kingfishers, Woodpeckers and more.
I've included a few of our very colourful native birds, especially the very 'flashy' Kingfisher.
Also three of the Woodpeckers found in the UK, they are all made to hang directly onto a wall.
As with all my other birds, they are approximately lifesize.
