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"Asseyez-vous et régardez" 2012 20m x 18m x 1.5m For “Mine d’art en sentier 2012” , an 8 kilometre trail in the Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut, le Pays de Condé in the Nord-Pas de Calais Basin, an area once famous for its mining industry.
“Asseyez-vous et régardez” with mounds of red and black schist, surround 10 boulders inlaid with brass “jetons” –representing the miners’ identity discs, is for people walking or cycling the trail to relax and enjoy the surrounding landscape. Eleven sculptors from around the world took part in the symposium.
Photo: Samuel Dhote
2011, "Red" H 2.5m x W 1.5m x D 1.15m Olive tree from Portugal, specially designed glass and red paint.
For 1st International Olive Wood Symposium, Gangelt, Germany organised by Sculpture Network, Germany
2011, "Liber Plantarum" 2m x 3.2m x 3.5m Made for a "A Decade of Sculpture" at The Harold Martin Botanic Gardens, University of Leicester.
The Harold Martin Botanic Gardens are renowned for their research focus in floristics (cataloguing and describing the species in a geographical region) and taxonomy, (classification). "Liber Plantarum" - (The Book of Plants) uses materials from the gardens - various plants and bamboo, boulders, dressed stone, slate, pavers and plant pots, in recognition of the studies of the scientists and gardeners.
Photo: Colin Brooks ABIPP
Photo: Colin Brooks ABIPP
Photo: Colin Brooks ABIPP
"Blue Bird" 2011 Iridescent blue painted branches each 75 cms. Height. 5m x wingspans 4.5m.
"3Rs: Reclaimed, Recycled, Raw" Sculpture Trail in the Vale of Belvoir. The path along the Grantham Canal in Belvoir, is home to many species of birds – "Blue Bird" flutters gently in the breeze from a tree by Stenwith Bridge.
"River" 2011 8m x 12m x 0.5m Limestone grit stone boulders inlaid with designed glass "pools" and painted "rivulets" sited on blue tarmac.
Commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council for the entrance to the new Darwen Leisure Centre, Lancashire. The sculpture echoes the theme of water throughout the Leisure Centre.
"Blooming Branches" 2010
Red blue and green plastic bottle tops - each "bloom" about 30cms long, and green, brown, olive and clear glass wine and beer bottles hanging by fisherman's twine from the branches of Pandanus trees.
Made for "artsCape Biennial 2010," June 26th to July 11th, at Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.
Play the two videos simultaneously for a sense of the
sounds of the five "Blooming Branches" with glass bottles when the wind blows.
"The Festival Labyrinth" 2009 with Jeff Teasdale 30m x 15m x 3m. 150 Kerridge sandstone boulders and crushed stone, seeded with 9 grasses.
This is the permanent sculpture for the Bollington Festival on the Middlewood Way off Grimshaw Lane, in Bollington, Cheshire, funded by the National Lottery Awards for All Scheme and The Bollington Festival, and managed by MAGPIE- Macclesfield Arts Group for Projects in the Environment - with the invaluable help of many volunteers from Bollington.
August 2012
May 2010
October 2009
September 2009
"The Bollington Festival Labyrinth" 2009 with Jeff Teasdale Pink water-based masonry paint, oak. 15m x 14m
This labyrinth, was a temporary installation for the Bollington Festival in May 2009, forming part of the Artists' Trail and as a memorial to Dr John Coope and the previous festivals he inspired.
"Snowdrops for Cambo" 2009 Stone, pebbles, and wood sprayed with white paint, natural slate.
Sizes variable.
Commissioned by The Cambo Estate, Kingsbarns, St Andrews, Fife as part of Scotland's Snowdrop Festival. Each of the seven sculptures was inspired by the progress of the snowdrops around the selected sites at the time of making - from closed to full bloom.
The Terracotta Garden. 2008/9
2,500 approx. fired clay leaves.
One of three community projects commissioned by Cheshire Artists Network as part of their Art in Gardens programme linked to Cheshire Year of Gardens 2008. The community projects have been funded by Arts Council England - North West and supported by numerous individuals and organisations.
The 2,500 leaves in spirals, a common feature of the community projects, are made from fired red clay by the students of Woodford Lodge High School, The Verdin High School and Hebden Green Community School in Winsford, and Mid Cheshire College in Northwich, and is sited in an internal courtyard at Woodford Lodge High School for all the involved schools and college to use in any creative way.
Photo: David Heke
Photo: David Heke
"Solar Light" 2008 Polyester sunflowers, painted branches, plastic containers, cement.
Flag: 1.25m x 30cms x 2m. Sunflower Trees : variable.
Commissioned by Galerija Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania for "Kaunas Mene:Kontekstai - Kaunas in Art:Contexts" Contemporary Art Festival in nine venues in the city. The aim of "Solar Light" was to bring warmth and sunlight to a city that is dark, grey and cold with little sunlight between November and March.
Photo: Airida Rekstyte
Photo: Airida Rekstyte
"Timescale" 2008
Varnished blue slate monoliths, brass discs, brass lamps with acrylic, Cor-ten steel arch, blue solar lights, Whinstone gravel, magnesium limestone boulders, and magnesium limestone dust to be planted with heritage plants in the autumn,
L. 50m x W. 30m x Ht.4m
Commissioned by Kelloe Community Partnership in conjunction with Durham County Council for the site adjacent to the original railway line from the colliery which closed in 1983, to reference not only the village's heritage but also its aspirations for the future.
Photo: Trevor Smith
Photo: Trevor Smith
Photo: Trevor Smith
Photo: Trevor Smith
"Saver > Screens" 2008
Plastic bags, powder coated silver and black steel screens, photos.
Ht. 2.25m x Dia. 2.5m
Commissioned by The Co-operative Financial Services for the foyer of the CIS Building in Manchester as part of their internal campaign to raise issues on re-using plastic bags and protecting the environment.
"Une Rivière pour l'Arc Mosellan" 2008
40m x 25m x 20cm. 13 tonnes of stone and metallic paints.
This was chosen for the 1erSymposium International de Sculpture de l'Arc Mosellan , Moulin de Buding, France.
The theme of the symposium was " l'eau, une énergie " - the water, an energy - and the project refers to the water wheel of the mill which is powered by the the canal fed by the meandering La Canner River as well as to the contrast between the natural river and the constructed elements of the canal and the wheel with the use of natural stones and dressed stone blocks and is sprayed with various paints for colour and the sparkle of water in the sunlight.
Photo: Alain Mila
"Spring, Summer and Autumn". 1, 2 and 3. 2008
Commissioned by Cheshire County Council for 'Something Beautiful' in Tatton Park, Knutsford for 'Cheshire's Year of Gardens 2008'
The installations are about the life cycle of the deer in the park using fallen branches to represent antlers, painted in the colours of leaves from the yellows of early spring, the greens of summer to the rich tones of autumn - birth to death of both deer and leaves.
Individual tableaux within the three "herds" illustrate their habits - the frequent violent relationships between the males and females, the docility of the older ones, the battles between the stags and the bucks, the births and deaths, as well as the groups of young ones, male and female, who huddle together for protection and to learn from their elders.
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"Verso l'Inizio - Towards the Beginning" with Carlotta Brunetti 2008 100m x 30m x 5m. Hay, string and willow tree. The dead hay rises up and over a river into the tree of life, the willow, to be regenerated.
For "Humus Park" International Land Art Meeting in Pordenone, Italy, with 30 artists from 15 countries participating.
Photo: Carlotta Brunetti
"Homage to Fantin-Latour" 2007 6m x 5m x 4.5m. Commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition "Painting the Summer : Henri Fantin-Latour" at York Art Gallery as a response to the many paintings of flowers included.
Polyester roses, wood from the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, painted garden urn and vases, and side table from the York Museums Trust collection.
"Bouquet" 2006 4m x 2.5m x 2.5m. Powder coated and painted steel, gravel, allotment beds made from railway sleepers. Commissioned by Windmill Hill Primary School, Runcorn, Cheshire as the centrepiece for their allotment beds. "Bouquet" is the result of workshops with all the pupils of the school.
"The
Sword and the Stone"2006
18m
x 5m x 5cm. Stainless steel, copper, paving stones, gold and
silver paint, and large Golden Spey boulder.
Commissioned by Feelgood Theatre Productions for the 2006
Summer Season and Activity Tent for "Arthur - King of the Britons",
Heaton Park, Manchester.
"Look,
Reflect and Recover" 1 and 2. 2005
Two roof gardens with five 3m high "fountains" in
total, of stainless steel rods threaded with varied sizes of
specially made blue glass beads in "pools" of blue
glass chippings in aluminium dishes surrounded by blue neon
lights. The "rivers" are of limestone spray-painted
with blue enamel paints, glitter and lacquer; each element is
surrounded by pebbles. Artificial rocks complete the two gardens
Commissioned by Gateshead NHS Trust for the new North East NHS
Surgery Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
"Deux
Lignes de Couleur dans l'Eau"
For Chemin d'art 2005, Saint-Flour, France.
70 stones in the river on both sides of the bridges: one side
with fluorescent red paint, and the other with fluorescent yellow
paint.
Tree
of Grace, Tree of Love and Admiration, and Tree of Purity. 2005. Branches
and artificial roses, lilies and carnations on the beach for
the Swell Currumbin Sculpture Festival, Queensland, Australia.
The titles refer to the symbolism of the flowers.
"A
River for the Botanic Gardens" 2005 90m long x 1.5m average x 20 cms high. For "Sculpture in the Garden" a celebration exhibition
of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary at the Harold
Martin Botanic Gardens, Leicester University.
20 tonnes of stone and three colours of blue metallic paint.
"Enjoy,
View and Use" 2004
100m x 70m x 10m
Two amphitheatre forms divided by a ridge for play, performance
and events, within the park in the new development, The Hamptons,
at Worcester Park, Surrey.
Commissioned by the St James Group Ltd.
January 2012 Photo: David Rymill
2004
3rd International Artists Symposium, Westbury Farm Studios,
Milton Keynes.
Scrapstore
Series: Blue Bloom
Blue bottles, plastic covered rods in apple tree
Scrapstore
Series: Blue Line on the Swimming Pool - detail Blue plastic discs on acetate
18m x 9m x 1cm
Scrapstore
Series: Green Branch - detail
Green bottles suspended by thread from a branch.
8m x 50cm x 10cm
Scrapstore
Series: Blue Line in the Drawing Room - detail
Blue plastic lids and blue plastic chippings
7m x 1.5m x 1cm
2004
"Marquer d'une Pierre Blanche" for Les Doigts d'Art,
Salins-Les-Bains, France. 26 stones in 21 sites throughout the town
Stones painted white, to represent salt, inlaid with eurocents
to represent the first Credit Agricole.
Dimensions variable.
Trough
outside Les Salines (salt mine)
Hôtel
de Ville
House
of the first Credit Agricole
L'église
de St. Maurice
2003.
"Doors of Perception".
Approx. 25m x 10m x 25m
Seven blue painted doors with glass windows, and five curved walls
of peat blocks.
Commissioned for PeatPolis.nl, Barger Compascum, Emmen, The Netherlands.
2003/4
"Garden of Achievement" Newall Green High School, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
A CAPE UK Project.
29m x 18m x 1.5m
Sandstone,
granite, marble, slate, varied planting for all seasons. A science
rock garden for elements of Key Stage 3 Geology with themed
planting, working with Years 8 and 9 in 2003 and Years 7 and
8 in 2004.
2003
"Stones of Life - Journey of Silver"
7m x 7m x 3.5m
Granite and stainless steel. The stones represent the salt mines
of the area; the steel, the hopes and aspirations of the children.
Commissioned by Wharton C.E. Controlled Junior School, Winsford,
Cheshire. Fabricated by Cornish Landscaping Granite.
Flower
Cow-er, 2003
CowParade Manchester 2004.
2m x 90cm x 1.2m. Fibreglass, Astroturf, artificial flowers, paint.
Commissioned by CowParade Manchester 2004 to promote the event.
"Play,
Perform and Picnic", 2002
120 m x 40m x 3m
Lakawanna Park, Penticton, BC, Canada. . Two earthworks with neon
light beneath blue painted glass blocks and three l0m diameter
circles with galvanised steel edging of purple rocks on pink gravel,
yellow rocks on brown lava gravel, grey/white striated rocks on
white silica gravel.
Commissioned by The Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture
Symposium, BC, Canada
at night....
"Power Flowers for
Saint-Lô" 2002
L'Office
du Tourisme, Saint-Lô. Silk roses, poppies from Remembrance
Day, Astroturf, sound composed by Paul Weir.
Commissioned by Forum des Arts for Maîtres des lieux, Saint-Lô,
Normandy, France.
"The Flower
of the Forest" 2001 5m x 4m x 0.5m
Granite
with painted wood.
For "From the Buds of Small
Grass", 2001 Geum Gang International Nature Art Exhibition,
Kongju, Korea
"Wald,
Apfelbaum, Farbe, Leben" 2001.
80m x 20m x 4m
Larch, 4 colours of stain.
Commissioned for Kraftplatzroas
(energy emitting sculpture walk),
Irdning in the Grimming Region of Styria, Austria
(detail)
"Water-fall"
2001
13m x 4m x 1m
Plastic bottles, metallic paint
Commissioned
by Covent Garden Flower Festival for The Urban Arts Garden
"The Chain
and the Wheel" 1994-2003
600m x 70m x 15m
Spoil with
grass, wildflowers, trees, shrubs, paths and designed wooden
seating still to be completed. Adjacent to the final link of
the Avon Ring Road, Bristol.
View from top of
"Chains"
Detail of designed benches in sitting areas at the top with new
planting - Silver birches and juniper. Gorse and broom along edge
of wildflower hollows. Feb. 2003
South Gloucester Council/Thyssen Construction
View of "Chains"
from Avon Ring Road. Feb. 2003.
2001 "Drink Me!"
Oak branches.
2.15m x 1.35m x 1.1m.
Commissioned for "onetree" 2001-2. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh;
The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Notts; Tatton Park, Cheshire; Bristol
City Art Gallery; The Geffrye Museum, London.
Photo: Robert Walker.
"15 Christchurch Circles"
2000
35m x 15m x 1m
Otago schist, greywacke pebbles, Halswell and Volcanic stones,
flax, cabbage trees, tussocks
For "Art in the Park"
Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
Organised by Professional Arts Services
"warp.weft" 1999
Jesmonite acrylic
7.1m x 7.1m x 2.5m
Rochdale
Partnership/Canalside SRB
"Wave" 1998
Sand
35m x 20m x 2m
Commissioned
by "Sculpture by Sea" Bondi Headlands, Sydney, Australia
"Old Story - New
Story 2000" Earth, grass, wrought iron gates
2.5m x 20m x 15m
Greenfield
Valley, Holywell
Commissioned by Greenfield Valley Trust Ltd/
Cywaith Cymru - Artworks Wales
"The Rainbow "
1996
Drink cans, steel rod. 4 m x 3 m x 1.5 m.
Commissioned for The Chester Fringe Festival in Grosvenor Park, Chester
"Water, Earth to Growth"
1988
Cider, wine, milk bottles
20m x 15m x 5m
Commissioned
by Opportunities for Women/Friends of the Earth. Islington Green,
London
"Power Flower" 1998
White granite, green marble
10m x 15m x 1.5m
Changchun
China International Invitation
Exhibition of Sculpture
"Power Flowers" 1998
Silk flowers, astroturf, steel frames, fragrance
Sound by Paul Weir
Stockport
Art Gallery
"Earthwork Olympus"
1996-99
200m x 100m x 20m
Earth, grass, gravel, designed wooden benches, tree.
Cribbs Causeway Shopping Centre,
Bristol
J T Baylis and Co Ltd
"Meet, Sit and Talk"
1995 125m x 100m x 3m
Sandstone, polished granite, gravel, grass, cement
Planting Scheme by Allan R Ruff
The
Chancellors Court, University of Leeds
"Conversation" 1999
2m x 2m x 2m
Linking "Meet, Sit and Talk" in Chancellors Court with
final stage of re-design
"Roof Garden"
in collaboration with John Micklethwaite-Howe of BHWB, Leeds,
with "Conversation" and "Meet, Sit and Talk"
The sculpture projects in The Chancellor's
Court received two commendations for Landscape from Leeds City
Council's Architecture 2000 awards.
"Sun Wall/Earth Wall"
1997
Clay, straw, sand, cement, earth
10m x 6m x 2.25m
Ceramics
Biennale, Beer-Sheva, Israel
"Once upon a Time"
1998
Unfired compressed earth blocks, cob, ceramic tiles, concrete
block plinth.
10m x 6m x 1.5m
Dartington
C.E Primary School, Devon, in conjunction with the Centre for
Earthen Architecture, University of Plymouth
"Stay, Live and Sit"
1993. Dacite boulders and polished granite. 35m x 25m x 1m.
Commissioned by Monash University Gallery for the Fifth Australian
Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne.
Permanently sited at Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne.
Detail of polished granite stepping stones completing the double spiral of boulders inlaid with rectangles of polished black granite.
"The Doors are Open..."
1991 Doors/bricks
8m x 10m x 2m
Das andere
Gedächtnis, Kampnagel, Hamburg
"Pool" 1992
Bricks, metallic paint, sound - "Aquarelle" by
Mark Hewitt
14m x 10m x 1.5m
Bonington
Gallery, Nottingham Trent University
"Gold and Black" 1991
Bricks, gold paint, black feathers
Height 2.6m Diameter 6.8m
Perth
Institute of Contemporary Art
Western Australia
"The Bell and the Arch:Fragments"
1990
Bronze, steel
2.5m x 1.5m x 0.5m
Norton
Priory Museum, Runcorn, Cheshire
"Tatton River" 1989
Wood
125m x 5m x 1m
"Capability
to Contemporary" at Tatton Park,
Knutsford, Cheshire
"Dublin Divide" 1988
Bricks/pebbles
20m x 20m x 1.5m
Commissioned
by the International Conference on Sculpture, Dublin.
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
"Span" 1988 Brick 7m x 7m x 1.5m
"New Directions, New Attitudes" – The Richard Demarco Gallery at the Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
"Patch of Light" 1991
Oak/woodchip
8m x 7m x 1m
Commissioned
by the Norfolk Naturalists Trust for Foxley Wood Sculpture Trail
"From the Ruins" 1985 Portland stone, Chesil pebbles. 10m dia x 1.7m ht
Commissioned by the Portland Clifftop Sculpture Park 2, in Tout Quarry, Portland.
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