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Local Authority & Corporate Commissions:
• Island 2000 Trust
• Shanklin Rotary Club
• Chale Primary School

Private Commissions:
This gallery contains a brief selection of private commissions I have undertaken to clients requirements. Some of these are where clients have a definite idea and brief perhaps surrounding an item they have found or is precious to them. However, many of these commissions start from something clients view on this website. An idea flows or there is a request to create an item based on an existing piece accepting that the individuality and uniqueness of my pieces mean that I will not do ‘reproductions’. Through discussion we work to formulate the final idea - communication is a big part of the process.
• Ammonite
• Shot in the Dark
• Mermaids Purse
• Aztec Dog

The Isle of Wight County Council is a forward thinking and environmentally friendly organisation who work hard to keep the island green and clean. The Island 2000 Trust promotes the Islands landscapes, environment, art and training linking all three with great enthusiasm and vision.

I am currently working on this piece with the trust. Developed from an original idea by Island artist Dawn Campbell. Fifteen stainless steel fish will be fixed to a rock groyne and revealed each time the tide retreats.

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Rotary is a worldwide organization with the Shanklin club being one of the 32,000 clubs. Consisting of business and professional leaders the club raise money to help humanitarian issues and continue with the worldwide objective of building goodwill and peace throughout the world.

This is made from recycled metal shelves, hammered and welded into shape then lacquered. This piece was commissioned by the Shanklin Rotary Club and is the centrepiece of their charity collection point. Located in Shanklin Old Village (Isle of Wight) coins are placed in the top of the shell and roll down into a well. Size: 1500mm.

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The primary school is one of the smallest schools on the Island and is described by many as a ‘Very Happy Little School’.

The latest OFSTED report found that there was a happy, welcoming environment with good teaching standards and pupil’s attainment was high.

Made from driftwood collected on the local shore. The driftwood has travelled from all over the planet and finally ended up on the beach of a tiny village. ‘Even the smallest of people or places can be the centre of the world’.

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This piece was commissioned as a present for someone who was leaving the Island to live and work elsewhere. Made of reclaimed steel, the ammonite form a reminder of the coast left behind. The ammonite is also filled with shingle from a local beach and when turned it sounds as though you are once again listening to the waves crash on the shore.

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This waved piece was evolved from the story of a man search for his Great Grandfathers life story. The three small round stones within the cannon ball form – he was a sailor – represent the three stages of discovery. One encased and unseen, one viewed through a small hole and one which is free to be handled when the piece is taken in two. Size: 150mm.

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This reclaimed steel waxed piece contains shingle from the beach where the recipient played as a child. Size: 150mm.

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Commissioned as a gift for someone who works with animals and has a love of South American art. This Aztec Sun Dog is carved from a block made from cement and fire ash. Size: 300mm.

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