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Demonstrating my work practices
Demonstrating my working practices Introduction This section of the website looks at how I construct and sculpt with the medium of cardboard. From an initial sketch of an idea on A4 paper to a larger 2D drawing on card to form templates to test shape and size, to...
Recording of online Artist Talk
I am very pleased to be able to share a recording of an artist talk I gave on the 28 July about my artwork and experiences as a disabled artist over the years. I was interviewed by Jennifer from the Jennifer Lauren Gallery, with the talk and further questions lasting...
I have started a new blog
I have started a new blog on the Disability Arts Online website. I've created a new artists blog on Disability Arts Online (DAO), where I will be sharing new posts on my new work and the reasons behind each work and how I make them. I've recently posted about a new...
Typhoon Club
Typhoon Club Magazine ArticleIn May, this year I was invited to share some photos of my work with a long-established monthly magazine in Hong Kong called the Typhoon Club. They produced an article about my work using the images to accompany the written piece. The...
Paperman Documentary
Paperman Documentary FilmA documentary film has been created about my large-scale cardboard sculpture ‘Paperman’. The film, made by Emiliano Galigani and Associazione Culturale Metropolis, premiered in March 2021 in the documentary section of the 2021 Manchester...
Time
Time, 2021 Size: 65x70x168cmThis cardboard sculpture started life as an old portrait left on the shelf twelve years ago of my mother. I decided at the end of 2020 that it was time to return and finish it. The work is based on a strong woman (my mother), who at 74...
Effects of Lockdown
Effects of Lockdown, 2020 Size: 45x45x170cm I began creating this life size cardboard sculpture during the UK’s first national lockdown in early 2020, in response to the impact of the virus on the younger generation… particularly how I saw it affecting my 16-year-old...
The Water’s Edge
The Water's Edge, ( 2020-2024) Figure: 40cm x 80cm x 130cm Baseboard: 84cm x 122cmI decided to rework this sculpture from 2020, I always felt there was a good sculpture in there somewhere but couldn’t find it the first time around. This cardboard sculpture is first...
Jilted Generation
Jilted Generation, 2019 Size: 70x45x90cmThis sculpture is a cardboard portrait of my eldest son. It was inspired by and is a reaction to the environment and political and the cultural situation we have handed to our children and the next generation… asking the...
The Superhumans!
The Superhumans! Putting them on a Pedestal, 2019 Size: 70x70x200cmI was commissioned to make this cardboard sculpture by Bournemouth and Bath Universities. It was designed to investigate the concept of the disabled athlete and the narrative of the 'superhuman.’ As an...