1968 Illusionary Cubes

An installation of 36 ‘cubes’ in various stages of three-dimensional illusion. The sequence begins with a two-dimensional hexagonal representation of a cube and progresses to the three-dimensional cube. Arts Council prize awarded for this piece at the Young Contemporaries exhibition 1969.

1970 Sound as a Sculptural Medium

A Graduate thesis lead to a project entitled Audio Spatial Interaction, where sound projection and moving reflection of sound defined a space in a sculptural manner. The sound source was recordings made from natural phenomena particularly moving water incorporating various microphone techniques including the use of the hydrophone, an underwater microphone. 

1970 Ripple Drawings

A direct response to rhythm, human seismography. This expression led to drawings resembling script. Comparisons with brush writing and led to the work with Japanese/Chinese written characters.

1971 The Rhythm of Life

The rhythmic pulse expressed in the form that echoes of the ancient flower and seed of life images that are a universal symbol found in many places including ancient Egypt.

1973 Three-Way Weaving

Explores the transition from normal two-dimensional weaving towards three dimensions.

1974 - 1979 Kanji Graphic Research

This is an exploration of the graphic language of Kanji. The interest here was to study the way the graphic forms express ideas. Visual equations give insights into the way the line forms build and express concepts.

The first example shows line development linked to physical phenomena. The second example illustrates the development of father and women into the creation of mother and how the representation of the change of women to mother relates to the elements found in the character of the egg.

This research study focused on the graphic qualities of Japanese/Chinese written characters. I was short-listed for a British Council scholarship to Japan for this work.

The example shows how a character is transformed by changing the influences of its subject context. The straight line underlining indicates the character’s meaning. The wavy line indicates the subject’s influence. This enables a broad understanding of the character’s nature.

1973 Folding Forms

These have a folding mechanism that enables continuous movement. 

1973 The Sacred and the Mythical

Carvings inspired after travels to India and Japan. Hindu and Buddhist Iconography. Portrait of the Buddhist monk Junsei Terasawa - a personal friend and mentor. Krishna playing the flute. Dancing Yakshi.

1980 Watering Systems

The plant dome is a wooden geodesic structure incorporating self watering reservoirs that were filled with water channelled from the outside surface. The use of sand and capillary action ensured the plants were watered.

This led to the Desert Oasis project.

1990 Original Primal Forms

Constructed and carved from cherry wood. Structure made from 350 wooden petals. Made from fir cones twisted and locked together. 

1990-1996 Photo Montages

The related drawings depict a sample of the possibilities of positioning a 6” x 4” format geometrically.

The montages constructed from this 6"x 4" proportion incorporating photographs of sculptural forms in a natural environment.

1997 - 1999 Primal Forms in Nature

Forms photographed in nature - Interaction with the natural phenomena that echoes the patterns expressed in the forms, as in moving and swirling water.

1998 - 2012 Sand Rolling

Rolling the primal forms transposes the contained geometry of the spheres into a two-dimensional pattern. Time structure encapsulated in the spherical patterns is 'rolled out' and can be viewed as a 'timeline'. A rolling wheel is unidirectional but a rolling sphere has the potential to be multi-dimensional and therefore as it is rolled out can be seen as marking the pattern of encapsulated time from within the sphere.

2002 Crop Circle Design

A crop circle at Avebury Henge Wiltshire on 22nd June 2002. The drawing and sculptural form that was used as the basis for the 'circle' created by a pair of human circlemakers. Two-dimesnional geometric pattern marking - as in the sand rolling has a connection to crop circle design and this has been an interest over many years culminating in the construction from my design.

1995 - Onwards Primal Forms

Exploring the nature of the universe's most fundamental patterns. The waves, spirals and orbits manifest in a myriad of ways and are part of the function of everything from the tiniest particle to the largest planetary motions. They are present in the movement of liquids and gases, found in solid matter and an essential part of growth patterns.