I worked as a clinical psychologist in the NHS for over 30 years but making sculptures and other 3D works was always a significant part of my free time - mainly as a kind of therapy for myself. When I retired I enrolled on the Foundation Degree in Contemporary Art Practice course at Shrewsbury College and Staffordshire University.
Projects undertaken for the course included a guerrilla art project on the myths and legends of Earl's Hill near Pontesbury, Shropshire where I live, and the making of a life-size wicker bull, which was the focus for a community celebration of the legend of the Roaring Bull of Bagbury, in the village of Hyssington, Powys. I also made an automaton and a video tent installation for an exhibition dealing with the legacy of the British Empire in India, and a series of sculptures and drawings inspired by the 'Crow' poems of Ted Hughes.
Since finishing the course I have made a number of works for Shropshire Wildlife Trust celebrating the otters on the river Severn and a large floating sculpture as part of a project to raise awareness of the decline in curlew populations locally and nationally. I also ran a workshop at the Merefest festival in Ellesmere where festival-goers could contribute to the construction of a giant Bog Asphodel, one of the endangered plants of the Meres and Mosses Nature Reserve.
More recently, in contrast to these large scale works, I have been interested in making small figurative ceramic sculptures, some relating to local folklore and some reflecting other interests.