The 2018 Wood Artists Cultural Exchange at Wenzhou School for Special Education Back in November, I was invited to take part in the above initiative in Wenzhou, China along with a separate event in Kaihua (that I shall tackle in…
Some years ago now, back in the early 90's, I spent a couple of months in Congo. Most of my time was spent trying to observe Western lowland gorillas and West African dwarf crocodiles in their natural habitat - rainforest. I…
Durrah Magazine Article. Back in April 2018 I was very pleased to be invited to exhibit some of my work at an animal art exhibition in Bahrain. The opening of this event was attended by the king of Bahrain (who,…
At the beginning of this year I was approached by a bespoke stair manufacturing company that had an interesting project that they were working on. The idea was to terminate the handrail of a custom designed flight of stairs with a…
At the time of writing this post, the Monaco Yacht Show is in full swing (it runs from the 27th to the 30th of September). So the timing for having my "Octable" (the octopus coffee table) featured in the "Ultimate…
Casting. The Simplified version. Once the silicon rubber mould has been taken from the original (Plasticine) sculpture, a hollow wax replica is created from this mould. Below, the rubber mould has been opened into its two halves so that the insides…
To continue from the previous blog describing the various processes involved with realising a commissioned project (the bronze bust of a clients flat coated retriever), the completed Plasticine maquette (pictured right) was taken to the foundry about two weeks ago.…
I have recently been working with a client to produce a a bronze bust of their dog 'Teal' who is a rather elegant looking flat coated retriever (see photo on right). For those interested, this is how the process works.…
I had a great time at the ten day World Wood Day (slightly mis-named) event. It was a real honour to be the sole representative for the UK at this annual celebration of wood, its' preservation as a natural resource,…