About
I’ve always found freedom, joy and peace from any time spent with nature. I know that I am not alone in feeling this way.
Creating sculptures from my encounters with other life in the wild is incredibly healing and reminds me that we are all connected even when we can’t be physically there together.
Whenever I meet wonderful, free beings I feel the urge to honour them through capturing them and how they make me feel through sculpture.
I’m fortunate that my studio is surrounded by countryside on the edge of the Pennines, and I take great pleasure in being able to sculpt outside amongst the elements surrounded by nature.
When I’m not sculpting I’ll be out walking with my camera and enjoying the glimpses I have of wildlife along the way. I will use my photos and the encounters as inspiration when I return to the studio.
Artist
During the pandemic I was able to slow down and rediscover my innate love of nature. I used the time to complete a Diploma in Animal Communication and re-dedicate time to the great outdoors. Through this journey I’ve been able to connect on a deeper level with the flora and fauna around us, and have had some wonderful encounters and experienced synchronicities.
The pandemic has seen a great increase in people spending time in nature, but with this also came destruction. Through my work I hope to help bring people and nature closer together with a greater understanding and respect, to help open people up to the healing power of nature if we only slow down and notice.
My hope is that through my work I can help others see for themselves just what is possible, and as a result feel a wonderful, healing connection with everything around them.
From the tiny insects to the mighty elephants, from weeds, to Blue Whales, Humanity has placed fellow inhabitants of this planet in their own order of perceived importance, and I believe through art we can challenge these perceptions. I often donate pieces to raise funds for wildlife charities – usually small, local charities who are very much the unsung heroes in the fight to look after our natural world.
Bio
1999-2002 – Industrial Design Innovation (BA Hons) Sheffield Hallam University
2002 – Genesis Creative Business Start-up Programme, 2002 – Present – Glo Design (freelance graphic design & commercial photography)
2002/2003 – DTI Smart Award – rotationally moulded modular wheelchair design
2004 – Solidworks International Design Competition winner
2006 – Product design consultant – Paraytec – UK based scientific instrument company (design, development, production of the world’s first miniature multiplexed capillary UV detector. R&D 100 Award
2014-2015 – Royal Photographic Society’s touring International Print Exhibition
2014 – 1-1 mentoring – Keith Moss Photographer
2014 – Diploma in Professional Photography – The Photography Institute
2014 – Fashion shoot in Barcelona for Kate Fearnley Bridal Designs
2014 – UKTI supported project to research visually our relationship with windmills through photography including a trip to the Netherlands – booklet produced
2015 – 4 Day Training – Aspire Photography in Northern Italy
2017 – 2 Day Equine Sculpture and Anatomy For Artists Course – “Horses Inside Out”
2019 – 2 Photos shortlisted for the British Photography Awards
2020 – Photo exhibited in the International Garden Photographer Of The Year “Beautiful Barnsley” Exhibition
2021 – 2022 – United Artspace Hub for artist development to help guide me on the journey to rediscovering my art, developing my skills, creating networks, making my art my living
2021 – Ceramics training at Animal Artistry
2021 – Ceramics training at The Sculpture Lounge with Brendon Hesmondhalgh and Rebecca Appleby
2021 – Ceramics training at Northlight Art Studio
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