2024: Riparia riparia mobiles

2024: Riparia riparia mobiles

Over the past couple of springs and summers I have spent a lot of time watching the tiny sand martins which have travelled the long journey from Africa to nest in the banks of the River Wharfe near where we live. Sand martins (taxonomic name Riparia riparia) are the...
2023: Oak leaf Wordsworth pieces

2023: Oak leaf Wordsworth pieces

“Come forth into the light of things,Let Nature be your teacher.” From The Tables Turned by Wordsworth   After spending time at the Wordsworth Museum when planning and installing ‘Breath Water Marks’, we were moved to respond to the work...
2022: Breath Water Marks titles

2022: Breath Water Marks titles

The titles for these mobiles are taken from poems by Ian Duhig.Please click on the poem to see it in full. ‘blurred breath marks’ Light Meter ‘smoke with mirrors make magic too’ Breathturn ‘a shape in the sand’ Boxing the Compass...
2022: Breath Water Marks

2022: Breath Water Marks

New work for exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere until mid-September 2023.     “…At heart, ‘Breath Water Marks’ is a celebration, not only of water’s inspirational beauty, but of water clean enough that you can see through to new...
2022: Sphagnum moss series

2022: Sphagnum moss series

One chapter of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book ‘Gathering Moss’ explores the contribution that sphagnum moss makes to maintaining equilibrium of all kinds. The ability of sphagnum to hold water means that plant material is prevented from fully decomposing, and over...