Mute Swan Giclee print in progress…….it only took 20 years to be professionally scanned.
RED COW
It took five years to gather sufficient red clothing labels to produce Red Cow.
Now available as a Limited Edition Giclee print 54cm w x 54.5cm h.
The used labels were gathered from 1000s of rag garments between 2001-2014.
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Limited Edition Giclee Prints
A selection of prints are available, please click on the gallery to enlarge.
The dimensions are listed below, the remainder to be updated soon.
Produced using a Cruse Flatbed fine art scanner on soft textured, acid balanced high grade fine art paper and light fast inks. The ultimate in scanning, this giclee print offers superior textured detail, capturing the huge range of colour and text that is applied to woven and printed garment labels to give a partially 3D effect. These Cruse scanners are used by the world's leading museums. All prints are signed and numbered by the artist and printed on archival fine art paper.
Yellow Bee 33cm w x 34cm h
Queen Bee
The Beatles 53cm w x 55cm h
Lobes of the Brain coloured 33cm w x 34cm h
Lobes of the Brain white 33cm w x 34cm h
Red Cow 54cm w x 54.5cm h
Ayrshire calf 57cm w x 70cm h
Three Flying Ducks
Black Swan 68.5cm w x 70cm h
99 Used labels 36cm w x 44cm h
99 Used Labels with FAB 87.5cm w x 89cm h
Scissors 59cm w x 60cm h
Paul Smith Commission 69cm w x 54cm h
C3PO 33cm w x 34cm h
R2D2 33cm w x 34cm h
The Yellow Tree 34cm w x 34cm h
Sunflowers
Get Well Soon
Mums 71cm w x 43cm h
Topiary Garden
44 Spare Buttons 38cm w x 39cm h
Frida 38cm w x 39cm h
Queen Elizabeth 57cm w x 72cm h
Winston Churchill 57cm w x 72cm h
Muhammad Ali 57cm w x 72cm h
Common Clothes Moth 71cm w x 58cm h
471 Gems 55cm w x 67cm h
Grayson Perry 33cm w x 33cm h
Alan Measles 33cm w x 33cm h
to 36. Gallery at Wells-next-the-Sea.
Homing Pigeon 68cm w x 67.5cm h.
Homing Pigeon at Cley-next-the-Sea.
MUTE SWAN on tour at The Harvest Fayre this Saturday 12th October 2024
If you have visited my Open Studio at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk you would have had the opportunity to view some of the work in my permanent collection, ‘20,000 Used Labels’.
Mute Swan is one of the largest at 1.3 metres. The used labels in this collection were gathered locally from 1000s of rag garments between 2001-2014. Many of these labels are now considered to be vintage or are no longer available on the high street. The image is assembled in a painterly fashion using clothing labels and pins to create movement and shadow. I took the initial photograph and sketch at Swan Lake, Straws Bridge Nature Reserve, Ilkeston in 2001.
The exciting news is that Mute Swan will be on view at my local Harvest Fayre this Saturday 12th October 2024. Afterwards she will be transported to Arnold to be taken out of her frame then onto Newark to be scanned for Giclee Prints.
The Gateway,
The Village,
Dale Abbey,
Ilkeston,
DE7 4PN.
Parking is available at The Carpenters Arms, please pay £1 at the Bar.
Mute Swan detail.
99 Used Labels with Toy Soldier Sugar Strands
How the 99 gained its name is questionable, but it definitely gave me the idea to exchange the soft scoop ice cream with 99 used clothing labels. A simple idea to replace the item being consumed with found materials worn by the consumer. Unpicked from 99 rag garments the used labels have been selected to represent pink ice cream and chocolate flake with upturned Bhs labels. FAB sugar strands are also replaced, this time with an army of brown, green and grey plastic toy soldiers; an element of surprise inviting the viewer to stop and pause to contemplate the conflict of subject matter with military forces. Now available as a Limited Edition Giclee print 90 x 90cm.
Now available as a Limited Edition Giclee print 90 x 90cm.
Selected - LONDON, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024
Time to celebrate. Two of my pocket sculptures have been selected for The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024.
When I read the message from Ann Christopher about exploring the idea of making or taking space I immediately thought of my collection of pockets and how I could use these to respond to the theme.
I considered the definition of a pocket as an internal space for storage and the idea of being in and out of pocket. I also considered the negative space within objects such as Torso by Rachel Whiteread and different casting processes including resin, silver, cement, rubber, aluminium and wax. I decided to experiment by taking plaster casts of the inside of my used pockets. After 7 attempts I selected 2 pocket sculptures for submission to the RA Summer Exhibition, both contain traces of pattern, threads and seams and both explore the idea of making or taking space.
The exhibition runs from 18th June to 18th August 2024. Catalogue numbers 1604 and 1605 on the table in the middle of the image below.
Pocket 5
Pocket 5
Pocket 5
Pocket 5
Pocket 7
Pocket 7
Pocket 7
Pocket 7
New work for Open Studios 2024 - Raining Sideways 3/3
This small collection of original work is inspired by heavy rain accompanied by strong wind. Colour and texture are layered horizontally with pins and the visible hand of stitch. I make art using thousands of clothing labels, sometimes unpicked from rag garments, and sometimes designer or Savile Row labels. Two of my recent pocket sculptures have been shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024 and I await the final results.
25th May - 2nd June 2024
Open 10am until 5pm daily
12 High Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1EP
New work for Open Studios 2024 - Raining Sideways 2/3
This small collection of original work is inspired by heavy rain accompanied by strong wind. Colour and texture are layered horizontally with pins and the visible hand of stitch. I make art using thousands of clothing labels, sometimes unpicked from rag garments, and sometimes designer or Savile Row labels. Two of my recent pocket sculptures have been shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024 and I await the final results.
25th May - 2nd June 2024
Open 10am until 5pm daily
12 High Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1EP
New work for Open Studios 2024 - Raining Sideways 1/3
25th May - 2nd June 2024
Open 10am until 5pm daily
12 High Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1EP
