Hello friends,

It has been a while since my last post but it has been a very productive time. Below are some of the project and pieces I have been working on.

The excellent Charles Emerson captured my sculpture, 5 Offerings recently installed in the clients home. The work found its shape and voice through spending time with the whole family, going on walks in the forest, sharing food and stories round the table. Crafted from five Yew branches, all from the same ancient tree that fell in a storm. This work is a conduit for holding, treasuring and sharing the families story.

My old friend and supremely talented photographer Owen Richards came to the studio recently capturing Last Christmas, Future Meteorite & Handle With Care. Three recently realised sculptures.

These works looks to embed stories within objects, giving them a new meaning and sense of place within the world. These sculptures are physical manifestations of whit I call ‘Future Meteorites’. Holding more than just environmental history, I believe they can also act as social artefacts, holding the memories, moments and emotions of the people that encounter them, taking on new meaning ‘post tree’. All are GPS mapped to the location where I first encounter the wood. It is then either worked on in-situ or transported back to the studio to be hand worked to shape and size, exposing its unique beauty, highlighted through the use of colour and finish that relate to the story held within. Object becoming artefact.

ON SHOW:
HOPES/FEARS is on public display for the whole month of March in Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield. It is part of the citywide Festival Of The Outdoors. For more information on the whole festival go to their website HERE. Grab a coffee from the wonderful Woodland Coffee Stop and have a wander round the beautiful woodland this Spring, so close to the heart of the city.