Back in late March… Assembling, tacking, welding and a little grinding of the uppermost section of “Safety in Numbers Mk2. Things are coming on nicely! #jigsaw #satisfying #happy #puzzle #tackwelding #contemporarysculpture #cortenscul
Back in mid March… Profiles everywhere and they are tacking together with exquisite accuracy. So far, it looks as though I’ve got my CAD work right! Arrow the cat is guarding my profiles and I am so enjoying seeing my self invented jigs
Back in mid March… Since my long CAD drawing session, Bow the cat has become rather possessive of my laptop. It’s his latest, most favoured place on which to sleep. Luckily, I have less use for it, having received an exciting delivery
Back in February… In order to make “Safety in Numbers” Mk2, I am scanning the original maquette. For the first time, miraculously, I used my iPhone camera to take 592 photos, before crunching them through PhotoCatch (completely fr
Back in January... Following my previous post, I decided after much rumination to remake “Safety in Numbers” in Corten steel. Mk2 will be galvanised on the most part, but with rust bleeding through in places. In my time lapse video, I am
Back in 2014 (age 23) I made ‘Safety in Numbers’, standing at 10’ (3M) tall in grey powder coated steel. By miraculous good fortune (two days after completion) somebody walked through my studio unannounced (in Lewes at that time) an
“Elemental Mass Maquette” (No. 4/9). FOR SALE. Please DM me for a price. 36” (99cm tall) in cast bronze, patinated and waxed. This sculpture makes a punchy addition indoors and would hold its own outdoors in the right setting. The c
“Elemental Mass Maquette” (No.4/9) having patina applied at @afn_foundry by @shanejwhiteheadsculpture . Many thanks Shane and Jon and many thanks to my wonderful mother, who helps with all matters concerning colour (I am colourblind). The
“Elemental Mass Maquette” (No. 4/9). With all the metalwork finished, I wire wheeled the bronze all over, removing heat tint and other oxides. This clean bright surface is ready to accept patination chemicals. More to follow… #bron
I’m happy to be on the cover of @sherbornetimes this month. The article was very nicely written by @bowmanclaire with photography by @katharine_davies (except for the summery looking ‘St Kilda’ photograph by @alistergthorpe ). Despi
“All This For a Stitch” installed at @newartcentre in The Design House at Roche Court for the next 6 months. It feels extraordinary to be exhibiting alongside many of the sculptors who first got me hooked on sculpture such as Anthony Caro
After really quite a lot of work, my “wreckage” of pieces are now in one harmonious form, making up ‘Elemental Mass Maquette’ (No. 4 of 9). The second video shows a different sculpture being ‘chased’ by me a couple
The white form is ‘Elemental Mass Maquette’, made from scrap polystyrene in 2015, covered with gum-backed framers tape, and painted white. The ‘wreckage’ you see scattered about the base of the maquette are eye-wateringly expe
This otherworldly set of extremely abstract, early morning photographs of St. Kilda were bravely taken from high above by the talented @alistergthorpe using my forklift in leu of wings. I’m delighted to announce that the long awaited St. Kilda
Some proper snow in Dorset on Thursday, with St Kilda listing slightly under its weight. With the roads blocked and therefore in lieu of proper @filmbytomwade footage, I had to film with my old iPhone. Some of my makeshift snowy footage will make it
More photographs of St Kilda, again by @alistergthorpe but with an entirely different feel against a natural backdrop. As illustrated by these two sets of images, St Kilda holds her own, either surrounded by nature or sited in an urban or manmade env
I’m pleased to share this article in @dorsetmag , written by my friend Imani. The timing is perfect, having so recently finished ‘St Kilda’ and thankfully several @alistergthorpe photographs made it into print by a matter of hours (
I’m thrilled to release these dramatic photographs of St Kilda by @alistergthorpe , finished at last, for sale and looking well against the backdrop of my studio. I will release another set of images soon, showing the sculpture against greenery
Crypto-Synthesis, made in 2021, looking well on two entirely different days at it’s permanent home in Kent. The sheep add a touch of realism whilst the mist is dreamlike and otherworldly. #cortensculpture #abstractsculpture #fineartsculpture #o