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I have worked on many parks with landscape designers/ architects, running creative consultation with local park users, followed by workshops creating artwork which is permanently installed. This project in Skelton’s Lane park won the Local Government New Street Design Awards, 2009 (children’s play category)
An outdoor classroom created with the reception class and funded by Creative Partnerships. We developed ideas together, I constructed most of the structure with the children and the class teacher – developing many skills.
Example of a workshop for the extended schools programme in Calderdale, modroc sculpture, family drop-in workshop, with 200 people over 3 hour session. Making a variety of modroc sculpture.
This day long workshop was held with 8 adults, with no specific physical requirements . Body drawing workshops are tailored to fit the needs & number of participants and the size and physical detail of the venue. Any age, ability and level of fitness. Experimental, fun and thought provoking in a physical way.
I like to use strange and forgotten or overlooked spaces to show work in. They often translate in something very positive, powerful and meaningful.
I believe dens are so successful and universal because they tap into our primal instinct to create shelter and sanctuary. These are a few images of the dens some groups have made with me.
Casting has a universal appeal. These are a few examples of a mix of simple casting methods I have taught and used in my own work, using clay, sand, resin, concrete, ice, plaster of paris, jelly, lard and seeds.
Here is an example of taking a group into the forest to draw with natural materials. The aim here was to introduce the children to the natural environment, improve self-confidence, encourage collaborative work and experimentation and have fun outdoors.
This piece was the forerunner to Roast Lamb at Wast Water and is very much a simpler version. It was made as a response to the theme of ‘Britishness?’ for a show by Another Production, at the Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2006. The intention was to have a marriage of two British icons: roast beef dinner and … Read more
My piece for Fred 2008, called “Misfit”, combines the familiar with the exotic. The bottom half being a traditional rough garden shed and the top half taking the form of a gold pagoda, this piece continues the theme of identity & fitting in, that began with last years Fred commission. The Lake District has long … Read more
“Visitor” was a series of 6 sculptures placed in the landscape at Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale, Lake District, for the Fred art event — September 28th – October 14th, 2007. I made recognizable structures from around the world using natural, very local materials ( from a 3 metre radius of where I sat on the … Read more
This piece was made using roast lamb , the sheep had fed on the shores of Wastwater- the area depicted in the image. It was installed on the back of one of The Mountain Goat Buses which toured this areas, as part of Fred 2006 – a large art invasion across Cumbria during October. My … Read more
In October 2005 The Empire took over the iconic landscape of The Lake District, as part of Fred : an annual “art invasion across Cumbria” : supporting around 30 artists with the opportunity to make work anywhere in Cumbria. The commissioned work for Fred consists of a set of postcards featuring specific locations around Langdale … Read more
I cast body parts with food stuffs like butter, lard, aspic: including a series of mens’ bellies containing their favourite meal.
Some of my Glue sculpture (pylons and a maquette of the Sally Barker Gallery) were included in a piece by Goshka Macuga when she was a final year student on the MA Curating Contemporary Art course at the Royal College of Art.