spikes, aloes and pods

Now the Little Moreton Hall commission is finished, I thought I'd put some of my 'back catalogue' on. For 'the unsafe garden' installation, I created three other works alongside the 'fans'.



'pod' was based on the banana flowers, which had produced bananas for the first time since the Palm House had reopened.






'aloe' was inspired by the aloe leaf and the way it unfolds with hooked edges interlocking. I created the sculpture to look as if it was balancing on a fine point hovering above the soil.


The 'spikes' were inspired by the palm 'dasylirion acrotrichum' with it's vicious sword-like leaves. They ran in a deep undulating line through the border around the Palm House. The 'spikes' gave the installation it's title.

'Something Beautiful'

It's finally finished!
We spent a clear cold yesterday painting, cleaning and securing.
All four pieces are now installed and ready for press day and then for the hall opening on 1st March for the 2008 season.










the 'cobble skirt'












'PYRUS' stones












sunlight through 'PYRUS' stone












backlit 'moat seat'










'moat seat'

the beech balls arrive at Little Moreton Hall

I spent yesterday installing the beech balls at Little Moreton Hall.

It was a beautiful crisp, clear, sunny day.

beech balls

I've spent the day photographing 'beech balls' for press images for the 'Something Beautiful' project at Little Moreton Hall. It's been a drizzly, dreak day.

The beech balls are one of four pieces made for the commission.

fans

As part of the installation 'the unsafe garden' at the Palm House, Sefton Park, I created a series of large paper fans based on the leaves of ‘trachycarpus wagnerianus’ .




I went on to develop the 'fans' further and had them made in aluminium.
Here they are at Hillier Gardens, summer 2007.

'flying with the tide'

Here are a couple of images from

'flying with the tide'
an installation at the World of Glass museum
summer 2007

Where I'm up to...

Whilst I get my website up dated, I thought that this was a good way of keeping in touch and letting people see what I'm up to. Over the next few weeks I'll post images of the commission I'm working on at the moment; a series of works in the orchard of a National Trust property, Little Moreton Hall, as part of the 'Something Beautiful' Cheshire Year of the Garden project. Also I'll put some images of work I've done since having the website set up - work that may be new to some of you.