When asked to design a replacement footbridge at Hareshaw Linn, it struck me that the most important and dramatic aspect of the site was the waterfall. So, I proposed to bring the bridge as close to the edge of the waterfall as possible by building three piers, one …
This symbolic centre of the Tees Heritage Park was built as part of the Tees Heritage Park Arts Project. Inspired by the work of young people living in the local community, it combines architectural stonework, stone mosaic, earthworks and a cast iron plate map. The work places the visitor at …
I was invited to be the first international artist in residence at Volcano Arts Centre, Volcano, on Big Island Hawaii. The Volcano Arts Centre is very active in areas of conservation and ecology, so the relationship that my work has with the natural environment was of particular interest to …
An open air arena in a woodland clearing on the Ness Islands in Inverness. A public space that invites peaceful contemplation in its waterside environment, and offers a space of play, family gathering and community celebration and performance. Built with material from a derelict and crushed former pavilion …
This Land Art Work comprises two distinctly drawn lines in the landscape, one line defined by a 30m stone wall capped by a clean line of timber, and the other by a 30m clay jetty that runs out along the longest diametric line across the adjacent lake. The point …
This system of earthworks is part of a programme of regeneration for the Durham coastline. They replace what had been a huge redundant car park, and are designed to integrate the new landscape into the surrounding dunes and hills, and allow for recolonization by the surrounding flora. They …
The purpose of this work is to provide an observation platform for visitors to Briardene, to comfortably observe wildlife activity across its valley, including easy access for wheelchair and mobility scooter users. It is designed and built as an attractive and significant feature within the landscape that imitates …
A Land Art Work built as a stone and clay ‘hedge’. It consists of slabs of yellow sandstone, layered in a body of impacted clay, with the addition of five monolithic slabs of blue sandstone imbedded vertically on the inside face of the hedge. The surfaces of the …
This work was commissioned by the Rising Sun Countryside Centre as a managed space specifically designed for the early years age group. I was responsible for both the design and construction of the space. The abiding principle behind the work was to provide an enriched environment that offered …
