SILVERY SEA

Had a good morning collecting on the beach yesterday after the stormy weather. The sea was flat and calm. A number of interesting finds.

ART FOR CURE - WOODBRIDGE

Art for Cure have a new showing space on Woodbridge high street. Part of the Ipswich Building Soc.
Really pleased to have some work there at the moment. Watch this space.

JAGGEDART - LONDON

Very happy to be part of the Jaggedart Christmas exhibition. On until the 24th Dec. Just off Marylebone high street.

BONE FIND

A recent find on Sizewell beach. Either a porpoise or dolphin vertebrae. A very sculptural find. No wonder Henry Moore was so inspired by natural forms like this.
I am now working on some figurative sculptures incorporating beach bone finds.

ART FAIR EAST - NORFOLK BY DESIGN

Very pleased to post that I will be showing some sculpture with Norfolk by design at Art Fair East next week. PV next Thursday!

STUDIO PROGRESS

Progress of the studio extension. Starting to clad in re claimed tin. Lots still to do. It will be an area for storing found materials in an order where I will be able to go to like a library. Freeing up space in the main studio for working.

BUILDING STUDIO EXTENSION

Very busy at the moment building an extension to the studio. Quite a big job but making progress.
Had to set 20 posts on the ground first to create a level floor to work off. Following the roof line of the existing studio. Luckily I kept the doors and windows from the house improvements over a year ago. All managed to get back together. With a big sliding door. All very heavy, but worth while.

Need to get the tin roofing and cladding next. From a local company who make pig huts.

Lots still to do, as well as continue work in the studio. Its a busy time!!

THE RED HOUSE - BRITTEN-PEARS FOUNDATION

Really proud to have the Siren hut at The Red House in Aldeburgh.
Very interesting in the context of the The Red House location. The Britten-Pears foundation is a wonderful place to visit. Such a rich history in collecting art. Amazing archive building for the foundations collections.

FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE

This is a new construction brining together 3 found elements. One from a local boat yard, two from the high tide in Aldeburgh. Bringing together 3 elements to make a greater whole is always exciting. The relationship between elements telling a new dialogue.

A NEW CONSTRUCTION

Here is a new wall hung construction. Using recent boat yard finds in the background and a figure made from beach wood. It is interesting working with sculptural elements on a flat plain. Bringing 3 elements together to make more than the sum of the parts.

SNAPE MALTINGS SUNLIGHT

Went back to take some more photos yesterday as the sun was shining. The figures within the hut were glowing. Receiving lots of attention. Many of the 'next generation' were very involved which is great. It will be staying at Snape for a month.

SNAPE MALTINGS

The Siren installation has now travelled to Snape Maltings. The re location went very smoothly thanks to a good team of helpers.
Really pleased with the way it looks on the lawn in front of the concert hall. It takes on quite a different feeling after its previous home on the beach at Aldeburgh. Rather than completely fitting into the landscape, it sits proudly slightly at odds with its setting. This to me works well as it stands out as a piece, rather than blending in. Having said that, it does seem as though it has always been there and quite at home.
A great honour to be next to the reclining Henry Moore bronze. Thank you Snape Maltings for having the 'hut'. It's somewhere I have always wanted to site a sculpture.

BBC NEWS

Really great to have SIREN on the BBC Look East programme last night. Was fun being interviewed and having the opportunity to communicate my thoughts behind the installation and how it came about. Any air time is fantastic. Thank you to the amazing Devi Singh for arranging and running the creative side of Siren so well. It has been quite a journey. And it's not over yet!! www.sirencalling.org

SIREN HUT

Here are some more photos of the SIREN hut installation. Opening night tonight.
Will be on the beach until end of Sunday. Then onto Snape Maltings.

SIREN INSTALLATION

The SIEN installation is now on the beach at Aldeburgh. It went up well yesterday, with lots of help from strong people. Seems quite at home on the beach. The opening is on Tuesday the 6th, 6.45. when the sculpture within will be revealed.
Next Monday it will travel to Snape Maltings, outside the concert hall.

NEW WORK

I am back in the studio working on a new series of sculptures.
Having spent the last 3 months nearly working on the large installation for the Siren calling festival.

It's good to get back to the studio and consider new thoughts and ideas. All with a common thread of the 'time & tide series'.

Collected some new material to ponder...

SIREN INVITE to LAUNCH

LOOKOUT - ALDEBURGH EXHIBITION

I have an exhibition at the LOOKOUT in Aldeburgh at the weekend. I will be there on Saturday from 11.00 - 4.00. Showing some new sculptures as part of Caroline Wisemans Summer show.

                           
                            Watcher. River wood and plaster 2019.

SIREN CALLING

Very pleased to be part of SIREN CALLING. I am creating an installation that will be on unveiled at the press launch on Aldeburgh beach on the 6th August.
Check out www.sirencalling.org for more.

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH

Amedeo Castellani came to the studio last week to take a portrait photograph. Great to see 'old' 5x4 negative film being used. He is a master of the craft.

STUDIO

The outside of the studio is getting consumed by finds too.

I need to build an extension on the side to create some more room. Will give it a clear roof and windows on the north side. A project for the end of summer when I have a bit of time.

MOORE BONES...

Here is a recent find on the beach at high tide in Aldeburgh. A well worn piece of bone.

It is easy to see how Henry Moore was so inspired by such finds on Norfolks beaches.

I remember seeing a pile of his finds in the maquette studio at Perry Green last year. The natural world has so much inspiration of course, and always seems to provide the answers to form.

WHAT ARE THESE?

Not sure what theses are. Found them on the beach today at Aldeburgh.
Are they ray skulls, or other type of fish.
They are lovely forms, strange to find 3 in a short space along the tide line.
I did see a few dogfish washed up too which was sad to see.




Longest one is 6 inches.

IN CONVERSATION

Had a very interesting 'in conversation' event at Gallery East yesterday with fellow artist Jane Human. It was a full house. Always good to give context and process to work and people engaged fully, with lots of questions and comment which was great.

STUDIO DETAILS

Here are some elements in the studio. Collected over time. The bottom piece is an elbow from an old fishing boat in Aldeburgh. A nice find over the Easter period.