Silver-plated bronze stick razors (Oct 2012)

Silver-plated bronze stick razors

A extension of the original bronze stick razors, this time the razors were silver-plated.

Bronze stick razors (Sept 2012)

A set of razor handles that use bronze cast sticks as the handle. The handle fits nicely in the hand and is a lovely weight. Created as a commission for www.henrytuke.com with the aim to create a sculptural shaving razor that looks beautiful. Some similar silver-plated razors are in the pipeline.

Bronze cast stick shaving razors

                       

Short update

 Hello all, I've recently set up a small studio space to produce more work from. Will be presenting at Islington Arts fair 2012 on the 5th,6th and 7th of October. Will also have work at the Waterstreet gallery in Todmorden from the 1st of November. Keep an eye out for future pieces of work that are currently in the pipeline, also working on my first commission, exciting times ahead. 

Studio space

'Cast hammers' (May 2012)

'Cast hammers' is an interactive instillation thats aim is to show the viewer how different an object can seem when it is presented in a different material, this compared to what you expect it to be from memories of a hammer. Viewers are encouraged to pick up the hammers and see the difference in the feel of the hammers. This I feel is the pieces strong point as the artist the exciting thing for me is seeing peoples reactions when they are touching and comparing the hammers.

Aluminum, terracota, rubber, porcelain, flocked, bronze, iron, wax, black rubber

The images below are a set of photographs exploring each hammers uselessness as a hammer.

Black rubber

Terracotta

Ceramic slip cast

Bronze 

Iron (rusted)

Latex rubber

Another box of stuff (May 2012)

A set of slip cast objects that are displayed in a set of three boxes. Each of the boxes have the same objects in them. Now that the objects have been slip cast they are all the same and have lost their individuality, history and function. Each one has a sentence that has been transferred onto it which explains this. The boxes are to suggest that the items are ready to be thrown away or taken to the attic.

'Another box od stuff' one bottle

'Take to the skip' one bottle

'Not fit for purpose' one bell

 Cast toys (February 2012)

A selection of different toys presented in different materials, the three toys that were used as the subjects were lego bricks, gameboys and hello kitty. Many final outcomes were achieved with varying results and succes.  

 

Ceramic Lego bricks

Ceramic Lego bricks

Bronze lego brick

Flocked lego brick, original, bronze lego brick and rubber lego brick

Ceramic Gameboys, three of the gameboys have bronze figures coming out of the screens to show how a gameboy comes to life when it is turned on.

Ceramic gameboy with bronze dinosaurs

Ceramic Hello kitties 

Cast bathroom (June 2011)

Cast bathroom was a piece that centred on taking items found in the bathroom and casting them in a variety of different materials to create a light hearted domestic interior that challenged  preconceptions of certain objects. 

Soap bath plugs

 Bronze toothbrush and toothpaste tube

 Bronze bar of soap and aluminium mouthwash

         Bronze rubber duck               Bronze inhaler

Cast bronze stick centrepiece (February 2011)

This was first time I put my hand to 'casting', in this case was bronze casting. The succes of how the sticks turned out opened my mind to the possibilities of casting and the new objects that could be created when casting things in different materials.

Scrap man and women (June 2009)

The final piece I created for my final project on my foundation course at Bradford, a big set from where my work is now but still with the same sense of fun and obscurity I feel my work has.

Work will be posted in a day or two so please check back soon! Sorry for the wait.