Teach old toys to speak!
Learn how to make an old fashioned top and whip and teach it to speak the voices of people who played on the streets of Preston 100 years ago. You’ll learn woodworking skills and how to code using 21st century technology. Ideal for young people, adults, grandparents and grandchildren! We’re running 4 FREE workshops at […]
Come out to play!
If you live in the Porter Street area of Preston then I’d like to hear from you! I’m creating a new work that involves making and play that will bring to life the story of how people used to play on your streets over 100 years ago. Find out more about the project here. There […]
The Pouring of ‘Bridge’
For the last 12 months I’ve been working on a new work commissioned by Lidl and local councillors for Bramley and Stanningley in Leeds to celebrate Stanningley’s industrial past and the opening of the Belgrave Retail Park. I’m making a 2.6m high sculpture entitled ‘Bridge’ which is cast from iron and follows the arc of […]
Walking In Other People’s Footsteps
A new year and a new project! I’m delighted to be working with Mirador Arts on ‘Walking In Other People’s Footsteps’. The project is a response to the Elizabeth Roberts Working Class Oral History Archive, one of the most remarkable and important collections of oral history testimonies of working class life in north west England. […]
The Making Of Consumption
I’m currently working with Ripon Museum’s Trust on a new commission for the Main Block – the original workhouse building which the trust have just acquired with the with the support of National Lottery Players via the Heritage Lottery Fund. The final artwork will ultimately be an installation in the original Dining Hall – a […]