Public Art
Enhance your business and public spaces with stunning willow sculptures. Our handcrafted designs add natural beauty and elegance to corporate settings, parks, and public community areas. These eco-friendly art installations are both sustainable and captivating, creating memorable a inspiring experiences for your visitors.
Here are just a few examples of the work that has been/is on show in the public realm.
Gilbert White House
Here are just a few of the ten artworks that I created for Gilbert White this autumn. Gilbert White was an 18th-century naturalist and writer famous for his book The Natural History of Selborne, published in 1789. This book has been continuously in print since its release and has inspired generations to appreciate the natural world around us. It is a must-read for anyone interested in British wildlife.
The sculptures include two deer , two badgers, a hare, a rabbit, two pheasants, a very large large dragonfly and newt the sculptures will stay on display in the gardens for the next few years.
Gilbert White House received funding from East Hampshire District Council’s Rural Grant Scheme, and a Arts Council England Project Grant https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/.../whites-eco.../....
New Forest Pony
In the spring of 2024 I was commisioned to create a large new Forest Pony for one of the gardens at the BBC Gardeners World Spring Fair , for details
Chinese Dragon sculptures
In the spring of 2024 I was commisioned to create thirteen dragons for Go Southampton to be used in conjunction with the citys Chinese New Year Celebrations, I created one large sculpture seen here and lots of babies each having its own character, look and pose. The large dragon measured aproximatly 6ft ( 1.82 mtrs in length ths smaller ones were aproximatly 60 cm across
Willow squirrels and birds
Wildlife creations Itchen Valley Country Park summer 2022
The countryside service at Eastleigh Borough Council commissioned me to create nine willow animals, we decided to create four grey squirrels in different positions and double the size to normal, a kestrel, a tawny owl, two magpies and a woodpecker all of which can be found in the barn
Their purpose was to provide interest for their visitors and to encourage children to look for the creatures that I made for them who regularly visited the park.
The animals needed to be attached high up on the wooden beams in the barn/ cafe area and needed to be secured in place.
I decided that they needed an internal metal spine and legs with spikes to go down into the beams. I used stainless steel for its anti-rusting properties and a variety of different willow strains for each of the sculptures.
Arts residency Tudor House Museum and gardens
In the summer of 2022 I was awarded Developing Your Creative Practise funding from the Arts Council, which enabled me to spend two day a week undertaking a 10 month residency at the the Tudor House Museum and Gardens in Southampton. starting in September 22 and ending in the following June. The focus for my time there was to experiment and create new work in response to the site. For more details about the project visit my sister website
for more details of the venue
Poppy and Medal
The very large willow poppy was created as a commission for the Army Flying Museum for Remembrance Sunday 2020
I also created a large round medal which has a large ribbon it has now been stored away safely until the next time that they have an event so I am waiting to take a photo of it completed as I couldn’t go there during the lockdown.
Both sculptures were created with metal back plates to enable them to stand or be hung on a wall they both measured approx. 1 metre in width, For details of the museum
