Swallow Sculpture

Swallow Sculpture

Each year the swallows returned to the farm. They nest in the old milking parlour, sometimes flying into the Forge looking for new places to set up home. On late summer evenings, they gather in the lane above the farm, Cork screwing and skimming over the tarmac...
Bluebell Sculpture

Bluebell Sculpture

Sometimes a thing happens that triggers an emotional response. It could be a glimpse of something beautiful or the wish to express an experience or feeling. As an artist that works in metal I will inevitably begin to think of how I can represent that response through...
The Crow Gate

The Crow Gate

I came up with this one several months ago. The design was okayed by the client and the deposit paid late last year. At time of writing this post, the frame of the gate sits on my workbench. The internal parts are all drawn out in chalk. Everything is ready for me to...
Inspiration

Inspiration

My workshop is on an old dairy farm. It’s no longer a working farm. The sheds are disused and the milking parlour is full of old unnamed pieces of rusty machinery and sings with the drips and flow of water whenever it rains.I was walking into the parlour to wash my...
Foxgloves

Foxgloves

Time management as a self-employed designer-maker is a really important skill to master. Unfortunately I never have managed it…I’m always moving from job to job, always thinking “when I have time, I’m going to make this” or “when it gets a bit quieter I’m definitely...