Interior Space, Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala, 1999

Interior Space, Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala, 1999

Piazza del Duomo, Siena 

Faceted Column, 1999

Faceted Column, 1999

Finsbury Pavement

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Faceted Column, 1999
Faceted Column, 1999
Echo, 2006
Echo, 2006
Relief Figure Emerging, at Apple Tree Yard, 2015
Relief Figure Emerging, at Apple Tree Yard, 2015

Yoginis, 2000 - 2010

Yoginis: Ox, Ram, Elephant, Horse, Hog, 2000 – 2004

Yoginis; Buffalo, Crocadile, Rabbit, Cobra, 2004 – 2010

Charnockite (basalt) each sculpture is approximately 200 cm x 55 cm x 40 cm

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The Meaning of Stone, 2011
The Meaning of Stone, 2011

This exhibition was held at Ludlow castle and featured large and small scale works that draw inspiration from a wide variety of concepts. 

Interior Space: Terra degli Etruschi, Inscribed Pavement & Circular Altar, 1999-2002

Interior Space: Terra degli Etruschi, Inscribed Pavement & Circular Altar, 1999-2002

Travertine Stone

250 x 292 x 172 cm

Interior Space: Terra Degli Etruschi was installed in the Baron’s Walk at Waddesden Manor in 2003. The sculpture was one in a number of sculptures made in 1999 for an exhibition entitled Interior Space in the Piazza del Duomo and Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala in Siena. The theme of the exhibition was to work with stone from throughout the area of the Etruscan civilization. It was seen as an ‘omage’ to their conception of the afterlife and preoccupation with necropolis and their furnishing. Stones included white Carrara marble, volcanic peperino and the Sienese travertine of which this sculpture is made from the quarries of Dei. Hence the title which translates as ‘The Earth of Gods’

This stone has been formed in historical rather than geological time as scattered upon its capping stone are fragment of terra cotta from Etruscan pots that have become embedded in the developing stone itself. Perhaps even the flora growing from it are too from seeds of ancient days.

Subsequent commissions for the Inscribed Pavement and the Altar were made with Massive slabs and blocks from the Quarries of Dei.

By way of the provenance, the sculpture was exhibited in the the ancient alpine Roman city of Aosta with the other Interior Space pieces from the Siena exhibition, in sites around the city and at the main Museum in the town. The exhibition was curated by Luigi di Corato and represented as the work of a Grand Tour entitled Fasti (a Roman calendar or register of events) was paired with an exhibition of J.M.W.Turner’s paintings of the ValD’Aosta at the Museum.

Dreadnought: Problems of History, the Search for the Hidden Stone, 2003 - ongoing

Dreadnought: Problems of History, the Search for the Hidden Stone, 2003 - ongoing

Brecciated Imperial porphyry, 1 m x 2.7 m x 0.85 m

Installation photo at Chatsworth House

Installation photos in Bristol

Blade, 2003

Blade, 2003

Carved Egyptian porphyry

Height 9cm (3 1/2")
Width 30cm (11 3/4")
Depth 16cm (6 1/4")

This work is currently being shown by Adrian Sassoon, London. 

This wonderful stone has a special place in my work since being given permission to extract stone from the Imperial quarries in Egypt nearly 30 years ago to make sculpture for the new Opera House in Cairo. With its transition from Roman Imperial exclusive use to its use after Constantine in Christian contexts, its symbolism is assured.