Commissions and Residencies
2012 Commissioned to make an entrance sculpture for Waltham Gardens conservation area, Turkey Brook, Enfield. Managed by the redevelopment and environmental works group of Enfield council.
2011 Commissioned by Wakefield Council to make a major sculpture for the newly created Henry Moore square in Castleford, due to be installed in 2013. The design process involved running creative workshops, public exhibitions and consultations.
2010 Commissioned by Freeform Arts Trust to design and model five post finials that were cast in iron and placed at the entrance to Blows Down nature reserve in Dunstable.
2009 Asked to carve a freestanding sandstone Phoenix for a new housing development in Braintree, by arts consultants Circling the square Ltd.
2009 Invited by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, to make a sculpture for their new Clinical Research Facility courtyard.
2008 Invited by project managers Freeform Arts trust to make a public sculpture for the Riverside shopping centre, Hemel Hempstead.
2008 Inaugural sculpture ‘The Pillars of Holywood’ for The Holywood Arts Trust supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, sited on the High Street, Holywood.
2007 Invited by Berkeley Homes (Oxford&Chiltern) Ltd to make a site specific courtyard sculpture for their new housing development The Waterways, Oxford. Participated in an on line forum to show proposals and gather feedback.
2006 Granite play ground sculptures for Lambeth Borough council. Granite and wood carvings with Freeform Arts Trust for Hackney Council play areas.
2006 Ongoing commission to integrintegrate artworks into Westoe Crown Village, a new sustainable community development for South Tyneside Council, One Northeast, George Wimpey and the Prince`s Foundation. The project is being managed by Arts UK.
2005 One of two artists on the design team to develop the public artworks strategy for the award winning Chepstow town centre Ł 2.3 million regeneration scheme. Commissioned to make a series of sculptures and lettering panels stretching down the High street. Managed by Artworks Wales for Monmouthshire County Council. Supported by the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Development Agency. Extensive consultation exercises, including shop window displays and newsletters.
2003 Carved street signs into the buildings of the New Bullring Birmingham for Hammerson Uk.plc.
2001 Sculpture commission for a newly created viewing platform at Parc Plas Mawr, Penmaenmawr, for Conwy Borough Council. Arranged by Artworks Wales.
2000 Two year collaboration with a Landscape Architect in the re design of Coronation Gardens, Barrow in Furness. It included the designing and fabrication of sculptures, seating, planters and architectural decorations. Funded through an arts lottery award.
2000 Drapers Hall, City of London. Commission for a circular slate commemorative plaque. Coram Foundation, commission for a name plate for their Cambridge office.
1999 Selected to make paving and seating by Enfield council celebrating the connection of Keats and Lamb to the conservation area of Church Street, Edmonton.
1998 Residency and commission arranged by East Cumbria Countryside Project as part of the Eden Benchmarks scheme to make a landmark work for the village of Wetheral.
1997 Sculptural seating commissioned by the Groundwork Trust for Coventry canal arts programme.
1996 Selected to make the inaugural work for the Perth Sculpture Trail, Bellwood Riverside Park. Funded by Perth and Kinross Council and the Scottish Arts Council.
1994 Invited by Look Ahead Housing Association to make a granite sculpture for the courtyard of Levitt Bernstein’s hostel in Southwark, London.
1993 Fabrication award from Cheshire county council and North West Arts to make sculptural seating for `Benchmarks`, an exhibition at Tatton Park, Knutsford.
1993 Invited by Oldham metropolitan borough to make sculptural seating as part of the refurbishment of the maypole monument, Main Street, Failsworth.
1992 Selected by Urbed to make the first work for an urban sculpture trail in Little Germany, Bradford.
1991 Residency, as one of six sculptors chosen for the international granite carving symposium at the Scottish sculpture workshop, Lumsden. Supported by Banff and Buchan district council and the Henry Moore sculpture trust.
1990 Inaugural residency at Cowlease wood Oxfordshire, to make work for the artist led Chiltern sculpture trail. Supported by Southern Arts, the Forestry Commission and Oxfordshire county council.
1989 Residency, making work at Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland. Funded by the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust.