MY WORK FOCUSES ON BIRDS AND ANIMALS MADE FROM FOUND MATERIALS, THEIR VARIOUS FORMS AND CHARACTERS SUGGESTED BY THE MANY SHAPES AND PROPERTIES OF THE BITS AND PIECES USED TO MAKE THEM.

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE NUTTY ABOUT ANIMALS! AS A CHILDHOOD I SPENT MUCH OF MY TIME HUNTING CREATURES IN THE GARDEN (HAVEN’T CHANGED). MY PASSION FOR NATURAL HISTORY WAS ONLY EQUALLED BY MY LOVE OF ART; DRAWING AND MODELLING. AS I GOT OLDER IT WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION FOR ME TO STUDY SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, HOWEVER FEELING THE NEED FOR A MORE CREATIVELY CHALLENGING COURSE I MOVED TO CENTRAL ST MARTIN’S. IT WAS HERE I FIRST WORKED WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS; A ‘ONE OFF’ PROJECT WHICH LED TO A WAY OF WORKING WHICH I AM STILL EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING TODAY.