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My sculptures reflect
a 25 year fascination with our earliest pre-history combined with a love of the
sea and marine creatures, Archaic Greek stone sculpture, the marking, corrosion
and weathering of artefacts over time, and an appreciation of the fuller female form. These
themes are often woven together into whimsical sculptures, sometimes functional and
sometimes designed purely to delight the eye. I hope to widen
the appreciation of archaic sculptures of women by re-interpreting them for the
modern world. I am also influenced by early 20th century stone carving,
particularly Art Deco, the qualities of line and use of negative spaces, but
coupled with the colour only really possible in 3D with ceramics. My earliest
influences as a teenager were the Natural History, Archaeology and Anthropology
museums of Cambridge, and they inspire me still.
 I
have been working in Ceramics since the late 70's, and have been sculpting
at Coombe Park, in the beautiful South Hams part of Devon since 2001. I
have had a varied ceramics career including time spent as potters
assistant to Rupert Andrews, and a production thrower for David White. I
gained my Ceramics B.A. from the University of Derby in 1996, and, as well
as full-time sculpting, am also engaged in ceramics teaching and
demonstrating. For more on my courses please see my pottery and sculpture classes
web page.
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
mostly
stoneware
glazes which are immensely variable, and
so ensure that no two sculptures are ever the same. I also rarely use the same
combination of glazes and oxides on any two pieces. 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. I can also glaze a
sculpture for you with any of the glazes shown, if you have a particular
preference of colour and texture.
Forthcoming 2008 Exhibitions
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Archaeology 08, British Museum, Great
Russell St, London, 9th - 10th Feb. |
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Guest Artist at Potters, Perry
rd, Bristol, 8th March - 24th April. |
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A Celebration of Women,
Birdwood House, Totnes, Devon, 9th - 15th March. |
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Borde Hill Garden Sculpture
Trail, Haywards Heath, West Sussex 26th April - 28th May.
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Mythic Garden Sculpture Park,
Near Chagford, Devon, 3rd May - 28th September. |
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Savill Gardens, Windsor Great
Park, Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Surrey, 31st May - 6th July.
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The Great Create Festival of
the Arts, Greenway National Trust, Greenway Road, Near Brixham,
Galmpton, Devon, 4th June - 6th July.
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Henley Festival, Henley on
Thames, Oxfordshire, 9th - 13th July . |
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Pots 'n' Sculptures Midwinter Show, Birdwood House,
High Street, Totnes, Devon, 13th - 24th December. |
Studio Address:
Unit 2, Coombe Park, Ashprington,
Totnes, Devon, UK, TQ9 7DY.
Mobile:(+44) 07943
803551
Studio open to the public 11am - 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
Please phone if
making a special journey.
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