Reclaimed Oak Slab, 134cm x 47cm, Yakisugi Technique, oil. Reclaimed Limestone.

Exploring the ancient messages and markings of cup and ring marks often found on standing stones.

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82cm x 116cm, ancient (possibly medieval oak).
This piece has been created, from what I have been told,is a medieval oak beam from a ship. There really is no way off telling but I love the story. This insired me to look at how our ancestors used the North Star, Polaris to help them navigate the seas. The pole star is the star above the north pole and all the lights from other stars will appear to rotate around it if you used a time lapse camera. Maybe these are what the cup and ring marks mean on many of our ancient standing stones?

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unwanted oak, Yakisugi technique and oil. 186x30cm
The holiday celebrates spring at its peak, and the coming summer. Beltane also sometimes goes by the name May Day. This holiday is associated very strongly with fertility for pagans. So be fertile, bring forward new life and hope ❤️🌱.

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Enigma, 2024, Unwanted and discarded oak, 196cm tall, Yakisugi Technique. This piece is influenced by the many standing stones we find throughout the Uk, especially those that have carvings of ‘cup and ring marks’ . There are many suggestions of what these marks might mean. To me the carvings or message from the past is a wonderful enigma.Happy to share this new piece on the festival of Beltane, I might end up dancing around this sculpture later!

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Misplaced Message, 2024, Unwanted and discarded oak, 191cm tall, Yakisugi Technique. This piece is influenced by the many standing stones we find throughout the Uk, especially those that have carvings of ‘cup and ring marks’ . There are many suggestions of what these marks might mean. To me the carvings or messages from our ancestors may help us unravel our future, our present or even our past.

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unwanted oak, Yakisugi technique.

Trees are responsible for a massive 35% of the oxygen we breathe.

This piece of oak was saved from the chipper, it contains multiple burrs. Little balls of energy but actually are abnormalities in the grain. Abnormalities to some but absolutely beautiful to most. I was filmed making this piece by itv cymru wales for backstage itv , will add a link to the program when it’s available!

Big thanks to Border Hardwood for the oak destined for the chipper and Westminster Stone for the piece of beautiful limestone - a second but definitely worth a second chance!

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215cm tall, unwanted oak slab, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.
‘Imbolc’, (or Imolg) is a festival of returning light and the beginning of Spring, celebrated on or around 1st February. It is also known as Candlemas.

This festival celebrates the goddess Brighid and at this time folk sought her blessings on homes and livestock. It is a festival of the hearth and home, and a celebration of the lengthening days and the early signs of spring. The lighting of candles and fires represents the return of warmth and the increasing power of the Sun over the coming months.

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unwanted oak slab, Yakisugi, cold pressed linseed oil, 215cm high.

The Druids considered the oak a sacred tree, in fact the word Druid is derived from the celtic word for oak - ‘duir’ . This word can also be traced back to Sanskrit ’dwr’. Traditionally doors were made from oak as they were the strongest material and offered protection.

This material was given to me to work on by the great guys at Border Hardwood in Wem, a piece saved from the chipper! I photographed the sculpture at sunrise at the Panorama overlooking the beautiful Llangollen. In the distance you can see Dinas Bran.

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unwanted oak slab, Yakisugi, cold pressed linseed oil, 215cm high.

This unwanted wood was donated by the guys at Border Hardwood in Wem just over the border from me. This piece of sculpture stands proud above Llangollen with the ancient Dinas Bran in the background. Symbolising our ancient and sacred monuments or megoliths this piece stood right at home surrounded by our sacred and natural world.

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Oak saved from the chipper, Yakisugi technique, vegan friendly oil

This piece is inspired by the Ancient Standing Stones. The markings are called cup or ring marks that are found on stones throughout Europe. Although we don’t know their real meaning I like to think of them as powerful pulses of energy. These pulses are placed around the circular opening where we can view the life beyond.

This piece featured on the ITV program backstage.

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This piece is called ‘Gobaith’ the Welsh word for Hope, 215cm high, unwanted oak, Yakisugi technique

Hope that we can act now and avoid climate crisis. This piece is inspired by the Ancient Standing Stones, I grew up not far from Avebury stone circle and these incredible stones have always fascinated me. The markings are called cup or ring marks that are found on stones throughout Europe. Although we don’t know their real meaning I like to think of them as powerful pulses of energy. These pulses are placed around the circular opening where we can view the life and beauty beyond. This piec was featured on the ITV program Backstage.

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155cm high, Storm Fallen Alder, Yakisugi Technique, cold pressed linseed oil

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180 cm high (‘210cm with plinth), rescued oak, rescued limestone base, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

155cm high (without plinth), storm fallen Alder, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil. Protected from the elements.

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140cm high, fallen Alder, Yakisugi, cold pressed linseed oil.

Celtic Pagans held celebrations around the time of winter solstice (usually around the 21 or 22 of December) in acknowledgement of the shortest day of the year. The festivities were in part to brighten the dark winter days, and to appease the gods to allow the sun to return.

Spring will be upon us soon, and seeds will be released from their dormant stage and ready to push up to the light.

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150cm high, fallen Alder, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

Hibernal Solstice, also called: Midwinter; the Shortest Day; the Longest Night

Celebrations: Festivals, spending time with loved ones, feasting, singing, dancing, fires

Related to: Winter festivals

Significance: Astronomically marks the beginning of lengthening days and shortening nights.

Thoughts now turn to the future, to our New Year. How can we contribute to a better world, to peace, to giving a world a future?

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‘Ripple Effect’, 113cm high, storm fallen willow, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil.

A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it. Your action causes a reaction.

Garden sculpture serves as a captivating focal point that adds depth, beauty, and meaning to outdoor spaces. Sustainably crafted artworks have the ability to transform the ambience of any garden, creating a sense of harmony and enchantment. Contact me for more details.

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‘Restorative Power’, 110cm high, Yakisugi technique (burnt surface), cold pressed linseed oil.

In the harrowing aftermath of a major wildfire, it may be difficult to appreciate the restorative power in the fire itself. Especially when nothing remains to hold the land in place once the rain comes, resulting in flash flooding and mudslides.

But the rain also breathes life back into the remaining landscape, allowing new vegetation to grow in the charred areas. Seeds stored in the forest floor begin to germinate. Some trees begin to sprout branches from basal buds of dead trees.

And some species even rely upon wildfire for propagation. For instance, the seeds of jack pines and lodgepole pines (native to the Yellowstone area) are sealed by a resinous bond which can only be cracked open by the high temperatures associated with wildfire.

This information is from the wildfires of California and Mexico. Unfortunately, already this year the uk has had more wildfires than ever before and we have only started summer.

Nature has the power to recover but I am not sure the human race does is we keep treating the planet the way we do.

This Garden sculpture is intended to show the power of nature, the hope we should keep for the future and the strength that nature will continue to have.

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‘The Mere’, approx 6.5ft, storm fallen chestnut from Ellesmere, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

Sculpture can transform your garden. It can add a new focal point, separate areas and add a new direction. If you are interested, know someone who might be, you are a garden designer or have a customer who might be interested please get in touch or share my website. My work is completely sustainable, chemical free and will last a lifetime. ❤️🌱.

This unwanted wood was rescued from The Mere in Ellesmere.

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‘The Solstice Willow’, 113cm high, storm fallen willow, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

Made especially for the Summer Solstice. A special time for so many reasons.

Bonfires are a traditional way of celebrating the solstice in the UK. Hundreds of years before Christianity reached the shores of Britain, villages would light fires and candles and dance through the night. There would be a feast, as well as rituals celebrating the sun.

The Willow can be seen as a symbol of fertility and new life, a willow branch can be planted in the ground and from it, a new tree will grow in its place. Its ability to grow and survive is powerfully symbolic and show how we can thrive even in challenging conditions.

Add this piece to your garden to create a wonderful focal point especially at sunset or sunrise.

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‘Sunne’, 100cm high, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

The Old English sunne likely derives from the old Germanic sunne; both attached a feminine gender to the “heavenly body.” There exist several variants of the word in other languages, such as zon or zonne (Dutch), sunna (Old High German, Gothic, and Old Norse), and sonne and son (Middle German).

A piece of garden sculpture can act as a focal point to draw the eye and bring the whole thing together. You may feel your garden needs to be punctuated with interesting features – at the end of a pathway, for instance, or edging some steps.

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Storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and linseed oil. 85cm high x 39cm wide x 12 cm

The ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagoras, postulated that the meaning behind numbers was deeply significant. In their eyes the number 3 was considered as the perfect number, the number of harmony, wisdom and understanding. It was also the number of time – past, present, future; birth, life, death; beginning, middle, end – it was the number of the divine. Three is often the magic number in fairy tales.

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Saul’, approx 80cm x 23cm, wind fallen cherry, burnt and caressed in cold pressed linseed oil!

Look for the light and be the change. This piece can be a wonderful focal point for interior spaces or as a sculpture for your garden.

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‘Vyrnwy’, 241cm high, 25cm wide, 15 cm deep. Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil Storm fallen wood collected from the beautiful Lake Vyrnwy in Wales.

Garden sculpture plays a vital role in landscape design, serving as a focal point that captures attention, structures spaces, and communicates stories.

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Eternally Fleeting’, 70cm x 40cm, unwanted cherry wood, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed, linseed oil.

Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower of the spring, a time of renewal, and the fleeting nature of life. Their life is very short. After their beauty peaks around two weeks, the blossoms start to fall - sakura .

this piece can be displayed inside or outside as a garden sculpture

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Storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and linseed oil. 85cm high x 39cm wide x 12 cm.

This piece is the other half of ‘Past, Present, Future’. Hence the name ‘Reflection’, it also reminds us the importance of reflecting back and learning from the past to make the present and future a brighter place.

‘Mother’, storm fallen Cherry, carved and fire, linseed oil, approx 80cm high x 23cm.

Alma mater comes from two Latin words meaning "nourishing or bountiful mother." Originally it was used as a term by the ancient Romans to describe their Goddesses.

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‘Emerge’, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi Technique, linseed oil. Approx 80 cm high

Life as we know it likely emerged from an "RNA world," many researchers agree. In modern cells, DNA, RNA, and proteins play vital roles. DNA stores heritable information, RNA ferries it inside cells, and proteins serve as chemical workhorses. The production of each of those biomolecules requires the other two.

This piece can be shown inside or outside as a garden sculpture

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Bold, Approximately 90cm high, storm fallen field maple, yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil.

This piece exudes boldness, it seems to be pushing out it’s chest defiantly and standing strong despite the dangers of our devastating climate disasters.

This piece made from the most sustainable materials will stand bold for a long, long time to come. I have tried to capture the beauty of the wood for you to display either as a garden sculpture or within your interior setting.

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‘Menhir’, 45cm x 15cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

The significance of man-made standing stones is largely debated as they date all the way back to the stone age, though it's widely believed that they were placed in order to memorialize a notable event/celebration or to signify religious belief.

This piece is suitable as a Garden Sculpture or interior sculpture

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Positive Division, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique, linseed oil. Approximately 85cm high.

For plant cells to divide, a new cell wall must be built to create two cells from one. The process of building a new cell wall to separate the dividing plant cell is called plant cytokinesis.

We need division to grow, with growth there is hope. Let’s protect our eco system and welcome those healthy divisions of life.

This piece would be a perfect addition to any garden,

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‘Time’, approximately 70cm x 20cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

Plants need space to grow, the right temperature, light, water, air, nutrients, and time.

Over recent months I have seen city councils make strange decisions covered by bluff and excuses to rip out tree’s from City centres. One very easy way to lower the temperatures in built up concrete environments is to add trees. The shadows, the Co2 capture and the wildlife they bring are invaluable for our survival. An oak tree takes 40 years before it starts producing acorns. Time.

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The Welsh for beat. This piece is made from local storm fallen horse chestnut that fell during Storm Arwen. 98cm x 20cm, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil.

Yakisugi (焼杉) can be literally translated as “burned cedar”. It has been used as a traditional method to protect timber siding surfaces, mostly for exterior cladding on traditional Japanese houses, when there was still no means of chemical wood protection. The technique is incredible in preventing decay; insect and mould infestation; making the wood more dimensionally stable and improves fire retardancy and weather resistance. Those ancient wooden buildings are still standing strong centuries later.

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‘Proof’, 105cm tall, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and linseed oil.

Just look around in evidence of life is all around, even in the smallest of details we find a beautiful proof.

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‘Mitosis’, 2022, 55cm x 29cm approx, storm fallen field maple. Yakisugi technique and linseed oil.

We all started as one cell. That's pretty hard to imagine, but that's true. And now there's about a hundred trillion cells in each of our bodies, and they each have to carry the complete DNA instruction set. So that means when cells divide, a process has to occur of copying all of that. And that is mitosis, where each chromosome has to be turned into a pair, and then they have to split apart properly so that each of the daughter cells gets a complete set.

NEW LIFE, HOPE, nature

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80cm x 23 cm, storm fallen field maple and Yakisugi and linseed oil finish.

Flowers, pinecones, shells, fruits, hurricanes and even spiral galaxies, all exhibit the Fibonacci sequence.

What is the Fibonacci sequence?

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21… The Fibonacci sequence. Every number in the sequence is generated by adding together the two previous numbers. So the next Fibonacci number is 13 + 21 = 34. They are the simplest example of a recursive sequence where each number is generated by an equation in the previous numbers in the sequence.

There are so many incredible things to be found out about Fibonacci, it’s definitely worth further investigation- go Google!

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2019, height 5’10, Salvaged wildfire wood from the Sand Fire.

Mother and child is made from salvaged wildfire wood from the Californian fires that ravaged the area in 2016. I rescued this burnt oak from an area 1 mile from my home, three years after the fire. At this time I could see new shoots and growth happening all around the burn area, this wood literally cradled new life. Carving this piece I quickly realised that it had to cradle again, I carved a seed to sit inside the mighty oak that was burnt from the inside. It's shape balances and gives the impression of the precariousness of life on top of more salvaged wood. Lifting the piece high up you can see the scars left behind by the fire but also the organic beauty of the wood.

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Germinate, 2022, 72cmx22x12. discarded scaffold board and Forrest fence post. Fire and cold pressed linseed oil.

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‘Watchers’, 83x29x14cm, storm fallen horse chestnut and storm fallen field maple, yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

The term "watchers" in the Bible can be found in the book of Daniel. It's the same as "holy ones" also in that verse. This word appears in other Babylonian/Persian writings referring to angels. I like to think of our trees as Angels, looking down on us, caring for us, giving us nourishment, oxygen.

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2022, 55cm x 29cm approx, storm fallen field maple. Yakisugi technique and linseed oil.

Definition of ray; any of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object.

Yakisugi (焼杉) can be literally translated as “burned cedar”. It has been used as a traditional method to protect timber siding surfaces, mostly for exterior cladding on traditional Japanese houses, when there was still no means of chemical wood protection. The technique is incredible in preventing decay; insect and mould infestation; making the wood more dimensionally stable and improves fire retardancy and weather resistance. Those ancient wooden buildings are still standing strong centuries later.

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‘Solstice’, 84x25cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and finished in raw linseed oil (this give huge weather resistant and bug resistant properties).

Started at sunrise completed ready for sunset

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‘Nurture’, 2022, 80x18cm, storm Arwen fallen Sycamore, Yakisugi technique and raw linseed oil. Wood collected locally from Ellesmere.

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‘Emanate’, 80x18cm, storm Arwen fallen Sycamore, Yakisugi technique and raw linseed oil. Wood collected locally from Ellesmere.

intransitive verb. : to come out from a source a sweet scent emanating from the blossoms. transitive verb. : emit she seems to emanate an air of serenity.

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‘Finding the light’, 84x22cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and finished in raw linseed oil (this give huge weather resistant and bug resistant properties).

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‘June’, 84x21cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and finished in raw linseed oil (this give huge weather resistant and bug resistant properties).

‘All in June’, William H. Davies, Welsh poet, 1871-1940

A week ago I had a fire

To warm my feet, my hands and face;

Cold winds, that never make a friend,

Crept in and out of every place.

Today the fields are rich in grass,

And buttercups in thousands grow;

I'll show the world where I have been--

With gold-dust seen on either shoe.

Till to my garden back I come,

Where bumble-bees for hours and hours

Sit on their soft, fat, velvet bums,

To wriggle out of hollow flowers.

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‘Emergence’, coppiced pine, 46x15x6cm, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil.

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‘Evidence’, 105cm tall, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique and linseed oil.

Just look around in evidence of life is all around, even in the smallest of details.

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80cm x 23 cm, storm fallen field maple and Yakisugi and linseed oil.

This is just the beginning, the end and the middle….

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80cm x 25cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil.

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The title - every growth cell in our bodies divides so we grow. And yes we are stronger together.

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80cm x 20cm, storm fallen field maple, Yakisugi technique, cold pressed linseed oil.

Plants have a variety of developmental, physiological, and growth responses to light—sometimes only to particular wavelengths of light.

In phototropism a plant bends or grows directionally in response to light. Shoots usually move towards the light; roots usually move away from it.

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storm fallen field maple and cold pressed linseed oil. Yakisugi technique. 2022, 59cm x 29cm.

Drop a tiny pebble in a lake and a ripple of water will reach right across to every side. Ripple of hope.

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130cm high, storm fallen oak, 2022.

Storm Arwen was one of the most dangerous storms in recent years, it wrecked havoc across the UK with North Wales being hit extremely hard. We lost so many mature trees. This piece is a tribute to the dangers, the fragility and the strength using a piece of oak from that great storm.

In the UK, we are affected by extra-tropical storms, and these are less sensitive to the ocean water temperature. However, climate change is likely to result in a shifting of the tracks (or paths) of these extra-tropical storms and this will make some parts of the UK more stormy, whereas other parts may become less affected by storms. Regardless of the changes in the storm wave climate, maximum storm levels will increase due to sea-level rise and this will led to more extensive coastal flooding.

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‘Sunrise ’, 2022, storm fallen tree limb, material tbc, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil. Height, 104cmx29cm approximately

Sunrise, a perfect balance of new beginnings, balance, hope, magic and life.

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‘Heart Roots’, 2022, storm fallen tree limb, material tbc, Yakisugi technique and cold pressed linseed oil. Height, 104cmx29cm

Oblique roots, also known as heart roots, grow at a diagonal and have the same function as lateral roots. Lateral roots take advantage of any water and nutrients deeper in the soil in addition to increasing tree stability. Let’s all do our bit in joining nature in its fight to survive. We must nurture our nature. Look after it and it will look after us.

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‘Vernal’, 2022, 70cm x 26cm, rescued scaffold board off cut, Yakisugi technique and linseed oil, 2022.

The word vernal entered English in the sixteenth century, tracing all the way back to the Latin word ver, meaning spring. Use the adjective vernal to describe something that occurs in springtime or is related to springtime. You might be familiar with the vernal equinox, which indicates the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The word vernal can also be used more broadly to describe something youthful or fresh — springlike.

In Spring we find the seeds awaken from their slumber.

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‘Boundless’, approximately 130cm high x 35cm, old oak post, storm fallen Cherry, reclaimed pine. Found rope, gifted cotton.

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Boundless nature is such a wonderful dream and let’s face it without us it will become that way. It will outlive us, so let’s try to learn to live with it and nurture it. Let’s stop burning our beautiful world.

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‘Seesaw’, 2022, 40x100x15cm. Builders yard offcuts. The climate and future of our planet sits in the balance. It’s burning yet there is still hope.

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2021, ancient oak fence post, salvaged sleeper cut off, 68cm high x 20 x 28.

This piece was born out from watching the massively destructive wildfires in California that are currently still ravaging the state (September 2021). We need human intervention now. I hope this sculpture sends out a message of hope despite the devastating effects the fires are having on our future.

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‘Voice for Hope’ Salvaged, storm fallen tree limb, reclaimed timber, approximately 1.5m high.

Another voice for hope is Christiana Figueres, who as executive secretary of the United Nations framework convention on climate change negotiated the Paris climate accords in 2015. As she recently declared: “This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived. All of us alive right now share that responsibility and that opportunity. The optimism I’m speaking of is not the result of an achievement, it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge. Many now believe it is impossible to cut global emissions in half in this decade. I say, we don’t have the right to give up or let up.” She speaks of how impossible a treaty like the one she negotiated seemed after the shambles at the end of the 2009 Copenhagen meeting.

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Salvaged ancient oak post, Californian wildfire wood, beechwood, 127cm high x36x36cm - heavy!

A major UN scientific report has concluded global heating is now irreversible and it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere. They call it code red.

My code red is the sculpted wooden heart, my hope that we all love the world enough to force change and all do our bit too slow or reverse our damaging activity on our earth. There is no Planet B.

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reclaimed cherry, ancient oak (Yakisugi Technique), 35cm x 22 x 15 2021. Commissioned piece for 50 years of marriage.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Sold

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‘Steadfast’, reclaimed ancient oak fence post, approximately 5’10”, 2021.

This piece was created from a gifted unwanted old oak fence post. The transformation from the soil ridden post was remarkable, as soon as I cleaned it up the marks from its history shone through. Sculpting the top section quickly revealed the beauty and strength of the oak. Adding the oil to the seeded top revealed the real beauty that this old post held onto. Like much of my work I hope the hope and potential shines through, the life escaping from the unwanted.

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2021, 82x27cm, reclaimed ancient oak beam, reclaimed oak, reclaimed steel

The main material for this piece is an old oak beam that I found buried , next to my house in a farmers field. It was completely submerged in soil, eaten by wood munchers and rot had started to set in. Being oak it has a high resilience and I could quickly see the potential it had to become an object to show life. This unwanted house beam, despite being thrown out ,was perfect to show hope. Hope that we can act against the devastating effects of climate change. We may be on the brink of destruction but much like the seeds within we can grow strong but only if we start to nurture what we have.

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‘Take Shelter’, 2021, 68cm x 30 x 12, reclaimed pine, salvaged Welsh slate, salvaged wildfire wood, reclaimed cherry and air rifle pellets!

This piece I made with my youngest son in mind whose birthday it is today. Apart from devastating fires threatening us we also had the the threat of school shootings, however we always had the belief of ‘it will never happen to us’. Well our town, just outside LA, was rocked by a devastating shooting and as a result the school asked each parent to write a letter to their child in the event of being lockdown. These letters were designed to offer comfort- this was the hardest letter I had to write and made the decision clearer to leave and go back home. Being in the UK there have been no mass shootings since guns were banned after Dunblane. In the US it was never the right time to discuss gun reform, better to discuss arming teachers, bullet proof backpacks, better design of schools - the shootings still go on. Covid halted things for a while. My piece contains a piece of salvaged wildfire wood, Welsh slate, salvaged cherry wood and a rotten piece of pine riddled in bullets. Each element has a special meaning. I have also displayed this piece with its sister piece’Surviving target practice’. Son, I can’t always be there to protect you but I will do everything possible to give you shelter ❤️.

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2021, 68cm x 30 x 12, reclaimed pine, salvaged Welsh slate, reclaimed cherry and air rifle pellets!

I hope to give each piece, using only 100% reclaimed materials, a new validity. The bullet riddled pine was rotten and worn but had obviously had an interesting history. The cherry and Welsh Slate were also found materials. The cherry i used an old Japanese technique of Yakisugi, this gives the wood a natural resistance to the elements. I want to give the viewer a story with my pieces and a sense that we can find beauty in the unwanted.

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87x20cm, burnt birch, oak, reclaimed sleeper. Made from a piece of firewood that had been dumped in a pile of rubbish

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Reclaimed wildfire wood (California), reclaimed pine (Wales), 36”x24”, 2021.

Evidence shows that the Antarctic ice sheets are becoming increasingly unstable, and that the Greenland ice sheets could collapse entirely if global temperatures rise by 1.5C - which could happen as soon as 2030 if current trends persist. With this in mind I produced this piece from wood that I salvaged from the Californian wildfires - another direct affect of climate change. The piece has been sculpted to balance precariously, a narrative that is a literal representation of life as we know it. The heart on top also balances as if it can fall at any moment. The heart that represents our love for life also represents the knowledge we hold for what we need to do to reverse these changes. The materials used are all salvaged from the locality of Californian burn areas and near my studio in North Wales.

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50cm x 31cm, reclaimed tree limb (possibly Yew). 2021

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2021, 20”x8”, ancient reclaimed oak, reclaimed Welsh Slate. ‘Cwtch’ is the Welsh word for hug or cuddle, something I think we all need at this time. It’s my favourite Welsh word and as all the components to make this piece came from here it seemed to fit!

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2021, reclaimed Welsh slate, reclaimed oak, reclaimed pine. 52cmx22cm.

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41x23cm, 2021, reclaimed oak, reclaimed Welsh slate, reclaimed pine

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2020 16”x11”, Sculpted Californian Wildfire Wood and Welsh slate.

This piece marked the collaboration of materials either side of the pond. The message stays the same.

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2021, 52cmx21cm, reclaimed oak, reclaimed Welsh Slate, reclaimed Pine. Environmentally friendly stain and scorched oak

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2021, 60x18cm, reclaimed Welsh slate, Reclaimed scorched Oak, reclaimed and stained pine

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2019, 40” tall, Salvaged Wildfire Wood from the Sand Fire, California

'L'accord de Paris' is made from salvaged wildfire wood from the Californian fires that ravaged the area in 2016. I rescued this wood from an area 1 mile from my home, three years after the fire. At this time I could see new shoots and growth happening all around the burn area, this wood was completely charred by the fire but only survived as it was sitting within a dry river bed. Carving this piece I quickly realised that it had to show hope and love as I was making it during the time Donald Trump was pulling out of the Paris Climate agreement and investing on the damaging fossil fuels. I carved a heart that shoots up from the ground to sit inside the two burnt timbers - hopefully rising above the damage.

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2019, 36" high, salvaged Wildfire Wood from the Sand Fire

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33” Tall x 20” wide. Salvaged wood from the Sand Fire, Santa Clarita

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This piece was created in 2019 from the burnt out root of a tree that had been washed down from the San Bernadino mountains. The heavy rain had dislodged previous unobtainable Sand Fire wood. The roots cradled germinating seedlings, almost as if they were protecting them.

2019: ‘Love from the ashes’ salvaged wildfire wood 22” high. Sold

Despite the devastation of the wildfire there are glimmers of hope, new life and growth. This piece is an offering of love for what might be.

2019, Salvaged brushfire wood, reclaimed timber, 36” x 24”

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’Growth’, Salvaged wildfire wood, 31” high, 9”wide

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In this piece I am trying to convey a sense of hope for the environment - despite how damaged it has become.

Seeds of Hope, 2019, salvaged burnt tree trunk section from the Sand Fire burn area, 24” high Contact me for Availability

2019, 30” High, Salvaged wood from the Sand Fire burn area, Live Oak

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Sunrise, 2019, salvaged wildfire timber from the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita. 24”high Contact me for Availability

“Awaken”, salvaged wood from the Sand Fire, Gold leaf 12” high.

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This piece was produced for the opening of the Embed Gallery LA

2019, 30” high, salvaged wildfire wood, scorched oak

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‘Still Beating’, 2019, Salvaged Wildfire Wood, 12”x12”x7” Contact me for Availability

Created for the opening of Embed Gallery LA and was used as the centre piece for the opening exhibition

Knowledge, 18” x 14”, salvaged Sand Fire timber and reclaimed 2x4 Sold

Savaged wood from the Sand Fire, California, 2019, 20”x9” Contact me for Availability

2019, Salvaged wildfire wood from the Sand Fire, Santa Clarita. 18” tall Sold

2019, Salvaged burnt wildfire wood, 12” high. Created for the opening of the Embed Gallery LA

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2019, Salvaged wildfire wood, Gold Leaf, reclaimed timber, 7’ tall, Contact me for Availability

Created during Spring when the heavy rains dislodged previously unreachable timber that had been burnt during the Sand Fire

2019, 18” Tall, Salvaged Wildfire Wood from the Sand Fire, Santa Clarita. Sold

2019, 36” High, Salvaged Wildfire Wood, Oak and Pine Contact me for Availability

2019, 20” tall, Cottonwood from the Sand Fire burn area. Sold