‘A Leaping Hare’ – a curation / assemblage from mud-larking finds I am passionate about the countryside and the animals and birds with whom we share our rural habitat. We see numerous rabbits but in all the time I have lived in this area of North Kent I have never seen a hare. So whenever we take a trip … Read More
Images and Words: Words and Images
‘Not Waving but Drowning’ – a curation I spotted this piece of sea-worn glass on a recent mud-larking expedition. Within a couple of feet of it lay a tiny porcelain arm. It was a bitterly cold day but the wind and tide had churned up the river bed and swept some interesting pieces on to the high-tide line. Sometimes the … Read More
Joan Miro – Assemblage – Found Objects and Figures
Joan Miro – Figure and Bird, Bronze 1968 I was lucky enough to spend a long weekend in Barcelona this summer. Such an amazing city – lovely people and fabulous architecture. I was delighted by Gaudi, but I think the highlight for me was probably Fundacio Joan Miro. It is a spacious purpose-built gallery situated on Montjuic with wonderful … Read More
Lest we forget
‘Curation’ – ‘Lest we forget’ This little figure, with her head bowed and a far away look in her eye, is the personification of contemplation and mindfulness. Made entirely from found objects, she wears a little ceramic ‘helmet’, her neck is glass and her body a broken vase decorated with faded foliage and a bird motif. She was inspired, … Read More
The Lost Sheep
‘Curation’ – ‘The Lost Sheep’ Sometimes the forms of my foreshore finds suggest something to me the minute I see them. In this instance I found a piece of rough textured ceramic with an ‘ear’ attached. Back in the studio I partnered it with a cloud-shaped fragment of painted polystyrene which I’d had for a while and a few bits … Read More
Pipe Dream
‘Curation’ – ‘Pipe Dream’ The piece shown above is composed from the head of a figurine, an old clay pipe and a piece of seaweed. Each ‘assemblage’ or ‘curation’ is photographed before being dismantled into its component parts for re-use or re-incorporation into different forms. This strikes me as the most appropriate and sustainable way of working with these unique … Read More
Boy with Boat
‘Curation’- ‘Boy with Boat’ The assemblages (or ‘curations’ as I like to call them) that I have been creating over recent months – are composed of fragments I have found, foraged, mud-larked or beachcombed. Each component is placed, arranged and re-arranged, often many times, until I achieve an outcome that resonates. They can take the form of abstract utensils, mythological … Read More
A Good Listener
‘Curation’ – ‘A Good Listener’ Since moving to this part of Kent I have become a regular mud-larker. The Thames Estuary is rich in fragments of history from Neolithic times to the present day. I often take myself for walks along the foreshore and have amassed an interesting collection of ‘finds’. I enjoy displaying these, playing around with them and … Read More