NEWSLETTER 2008 - 2009 Welcome to my newsletter bringing you up to date with my latest work and forthcoming exhibition. Some of my new work will be part of a group show at the Curwen & New Academy Gallery, London. Directors Choice 2nd – 30th July 2009.
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What a start to 2008 – In February my son was born. In the period leading up to his birth I was working on a large commission for a walled garden in Dumfries. The project, completed and installed afterwards, consists of two stainless steel cloud scenes (each featuring a golden eagle) set at either side of a large walled garden. I think it is a very spectacular and exciting piece.
Picture: Cloud scene during installation. |
The second sculpture to be installed comprised two archways for Greenheart Cycleway in Wigan. These were designed in collaboration with TEP Landscape architects and commissioned by Wigan Borough Council. These are similar in concept to trees that stand in Preston City Centre. Manufactured by Trapp Forge, each stands 4 metres high and is made of lacquered mild steel. This project won Wigan’s Urban Design Award 2008.
Picture: Mild steel archway, Greenheart Cycleway, Wigan |  |
 | Later on in the year, I delivered a sculpture to Birmingham to grace the foyer of 45 Church Street in the city centre. This is a wall mounted sculpture which is stainless steel coloured light bronze to complement the stone décor. Picture: Swimmer, 45 Church Street, Birmingham. |
Natural Cycles was commissioned by Landid to sit outside the new Unilever Building in Leatherhead. The concept for this abstract sculpture is The Gaia hypothesis which proposes that all living and non living parts of the earth should be viewed as a complex interacting system – a single organism. The main cycles within that system are the nitrogen cycle, the carbon cycle and the water cycle which are represented in this sculpture. The aim is to show how all the cycles are interrelated and have an effect upon each other. Picture: Natural Cycles, Unilever, Leatherhead |  |
 | And finally …. Wallace Hartley was one of Colne in Lancashire’s most famous sons. A most proficient musician/violinist – he was the band leader on the Titanic and it was he that encouraged the band to play on as the ship sank. JD Wetherspoons commissioned this piece to hang on the wall inside the Wallace Hartley Pub in Colne. Picture: Wallace Hartley |
