Description of Work

My workshop, which is in fact the old village school room, is situated in Main Street, Auchencairn at its junction with Spout Row.  There is normally a stack of willow or hazel seasoning outside. These are the main materials that I use to work with and is grown in my nearby willow beds or harvested from the surrounding countryside.  This allows me to be very selective with the natural shades and textures produced and incorporated into my designs to create works that have both strength and enduring appeal.

I make larke scale figurative willow sculptures for festivals, performance events and public artworks - ofetn involving fire!

I also make smaller scale sculptures for gardens as well as willowarbour seats, domes, tunnels and other 'living ' structures that can become a great feature for school environmental projects.

At various times throughout the year I have a wide range of traditional and contemporary baskets, hampers, creels, trugs and platters in the workshop and local galleries.

I also welcome commissions.

Recent works

2007

• Family of deer - private commission for Troquair House
  
  
  
  

2006 

• Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations - Dancing Bear.
• Aberdeen Archaeolink - Giant Figure.
• Pushing the Boundaries Exhibition - Dancing Figures.
• Wickerman Festival - Giant.
• Scottish Natural Heritage - Giant Hedgehog.

2005

• Edinburgh Hogmanay Celebrations - Giant Bull.
• Aberdeen Archaeolink - Giant Figures
• Shambellie House, New Abbey - Arbour
• Wickerman Festival - Giant Figure

  

  Archaeolink Burning Giant

2004

• Painful Creatures European Tour - Figures.
• Kirkcudbright Memorial Garden - Figure.
• Hallion Club, Edinburgh - Panels and seat.
• One World Shop, Glasgow - Sculpture Walk.
• Isle of Mull - Arbour.
• Wickerman Festival - Giant Figure.

2001

• Way Merks project, Southern Upland Way - Stone and willow kyst.
• Benchmarks Exhibition, Glasgow - seat.

  

  Chair

2000

• Glasgow, West End Fire Festival - Burn Gigantic.
• Dumfries and Galloway, Millennium Lantern Procession.

1999

• Earth Centre, York.

1998

• Expo '98' Lisbon - Fire Festival Figures.

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, Fife.

Broughton Gallery, Biggar, Lanarkshire.

Collins Gallery, Glasgow.

Edinburgh Colledge of Art, Scottish Crafts Today.

Green Gallery, Aberfoyle, Argyll.

Stables Gallery, Yetholm, Roxburghshire.

Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries.

Castle Douglas Gallery.

Personal History

Born in Chelsea, London

Educated in Hertfordshire. I moved to Scotland in 1973 where I became interested in Romany Tradition, which led me to working with one of the last basket and creel makers in Cumbria.

I moved to the Hebridean island of Eigg where I was strongly influenced by Gaelic culture.

I returned to Galloway in 1990 where I have been based and worked professionaly since.

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