Pan

Produced for an exhibition Summer 2009.

Sweet chestnut, 2m tall.

Pprice on application.

Embrace

Beech, life size, carved at the “Sculptree” event at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire.

Summer 2008.

Hope

Private commission, life size, of elm, to stand in garden among tall trees.

2007

Folded Arms Figure

I have produced two versions of this figure, both of elm, one was the first human figure that I had attempted.  It was life size and restricted by the size of the wood but it is about the curves of the torso which the truncated form emphasises.

2005, 2007

Lying Figure

Life size, I wanted to reproduce the dramatic “skyline” of a woman’s hip, waist and shoulder when lying on her side.

Elm, 2006

Ellie

I had long wanted to produce a figure merging with the wood and this was the result, in elm and almost life size.

The contours of the back are emphasised by those of the wood, and nice bum! 2005

Kneeling Woman

Life size, this was another attempt to use the interaction of the curves of he body with the contours of the wood.

Elm, 2006

Stretch

The second female figure that I produced; emphasising the arched curve of the back, now at Elsham Hall in North Lincolnshire.

Life size, of cedar, 2005

Running Girl

Inspired by my daughter Tilly aged 6 with the wonderful energy that compels her to run everywhere.

Elm wood’s resistance to splitting allowed me to realise a life-size figure supported on just one leg.  2006

Sleep

I had a log of sweet chestnut timber that had characteristically split along radial rings (“ring shake”), its surface was beautifully distressed and I was able to pop a section off, ideal for carving a subtle sleeping face within the wood, untreated so that the face will weather to match the rest of the surface.

1m tall, 2005

Sleeping Giant

This face is as if part-submerged, of oak, untreated to weather and age.

1m tall, 2006