I have made and delivered three large willow pods for a garden in Bristol, they each measure about 1.1m in diameter and 1.5 – 2metres high. Made of willow, old man’s beard, dogwoods and silver birch they are textural and bold in shape. They will provide a strong focal point whilst being attractive to nesting birds and will…
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Large willow sculptures
Giant willow pod sculptures, my latest commission – work in progress
Birdsnest Sculptures!
Birdsnest willow scuptures as voted by the birds themselves
New Easter nests
Easter nest forms made using wild sedge.
Willow dragonflies – Shepton Mallet
Weaving willow dragonflies at The Art Tree gallery in Shepton Mallet
Willow tunnel – Southampon
A living willow tunnel where diagonal weaving provides a lot of inbuilt strength
Willow creatures – Yeovil
Yesterday I spent a lovely day in the inspiring art department of Preston School in Yeovil. Working with 30 pupils we made a range of insects and creatures during the course of the day, many dragonflies, jellyfish, a mole, hermit crab, ladybird…
Valentines Workshop – Shepton Mallet
To celebrate Valentines day, I organised a willow heart weaving workshop at The Art Tree in Shepton Mallet where I also exhibit my work. This was the first of a programme of workshops offered at the new gallery. It was a fun and relaxed evening with cake and bubbly and everyone made two woven hearts…
The first willow tunnel of the season – Wells
This is the season of living willow structures and despite the recent cold spell, the temperature has been rising over the last few days thus allowing all those with garden projects to make a bit of headway. Today I worked with a primary school to create a 3m living willow tunnel, 54 children took part and…
New Art Gallery – Shepton Mallet
Myself and four other artists have opened a gallery in Shepton Mallet High Street, called The Art Tree, we exhibit paintings and willow artwork. The initial idea was the brainwave of Pauline Bereton who runs the Shepton Mallet Antiques shop. Initially the gallery was planned to be open until Christmas however due to interest it looks like…