As I come to the end of one project, so another begins. In the coming months I will be installing a new artwork for Regents Court Embankment in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Over the last few weeks, I have been developing designs for the steep enbankment which can been seen from a considerable distance as you approach [...]
Every now and again I come across a picture of a sculpture that I have not seen for a long time. The sculptures below are on the banks of the canal in Harlow in Essex, and look better today, now that they have weathered a little, than when I installed them over 5 years ago. If [...]
The sculpture that I created for a site in Hollingwood near Chesterfield was unveiled last week. The piece reflects the changing nature of the village from its former industrial, coal mining past to a village which now proudly boasts a beautiful, regenerated stretch of the Chesterfield canal. The piece was unveiled by the mayor of Chesterfield [...]
I am pleased to announce that I have arranged dates for 2 stone carving courses. They will be on the 21st and 22nd of April and the 17th and 18th of June. These are run from my workshop at Hall Farm near Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. The course costs £170 for the weekend [...]
A few years back, I made a series of 10 sculptures for a park in Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland. One of the pieces was this sculpture of an eager dog with his stick. It is carved from Derbyshire Sandstone and weighs around 2 tonnes. Some time after it was installed, some building work [...]
The Sir Bobby Robson Memorial Garden has won a commendation for landscape design after finishing as runner up at the Lord Mayors Design Awards in Newcastle. The sculpture that was installed in May formed the focal point of the garden so I am delighted that it has been recognised, many congratulations to landscape architect Richard Barnes who was [...]
I am still beavering away on the sandstone sculpture for Chesterfield, hopefully I will install this in a couple of weeks time. In the meantime, I thought I would post a picture of "Somebody's last supper", one of the first sculptures I made. This was part of my degree show at Loughborough in 1995. It [...]
Earlier this week I installed 5 sculptures in the new Castlebeck Park in the Manors area of Sheffield. Designed with the aid of teenagers from the local school, the sculptures contain some funky stuff including the giant headphones, the interactive stone skateboard and the huge basketball. Sadly a dispute between the main contractor and the [...]
Having waited so long to be formally recognised, the irony of the memorial taking such a long time will not be lost on those who served not in the armed forces but down Britains coal mines during the 2nd World War. Yes, the Bevin Boy memorial that has been over 3 years in the pipeline [...]
I stumbled accross this picture the other day and thought I would pop it on the blog. It reminded me of the type of work I was making about 10 years ago, part sculpture, part garden furniture. I would regularly attend events like the Hampton Court Palace Flower show and the Country Living [...]
