We’re grateful to the Ilkley Gazette for inviting me to write about the inspiration, design process and sense of relief now that the fountain is installed (click on the image below to access...
We’re looking forward to showing an installation of mobiles at COLLECT 2025, organised by the Crafts Council. Our work can be found with JaggedArt in W8, West Wing, Somerset House 28 February- 2...
Ian Duhig was in Ilkley at The Grove Bookshop recently to read from his new collection, An Arbitrary Light Bulb. He began by reading a poem called Converse, which takes the inspiration for the Ilkley Fountain as its starting point. Before he read the poem, Ian quoted...
Image above: an Ilkley fountain model on Ilkley Moor, October 2024 Filmmaker Clare Dearnaley and I have worked together on a short film which explores the origins of the design for the Ilkley Fountain. We had just two mornings to take the footage, and we were very...
Improving Ilkley will soon be announcing the date when the fountain is due to open in early 2025. A summary of the fountain project to date with links to further info can be found here: Ilkley Fountain...
Ten years ago, some friends took us to meet someone who they had known for a long time. Her name was Sue Wright, and she lived in a small village near York with a garden which seemed to lead from one defined space to another. Her late husband’s sculptures could be...
