Driftwood Bronzes:

All of these pieces are for sale; please email for prices and/or availablity.

Many of my pieces are foundry-cast by the traditional lost wax method from originals made entirely of driftwood found on Rhossili beach in South Wales.
“I collect bits of wood (and sometimes plastic debris) from the beach where I walk my dogs every morning.
I assemble the bits as I find them - I have a ‘rule’ that the individual pieces should be manipulated as little as possible. I sometimes have to cut something down, or angle an edge differently where it meets another piece but any disturbance of the surface depletes the wood of its integrity and charm and weakens it aesthetically.
Every piece has a mystique about it because it has its own personality and history that I know nothing about. This imparts a poetry and a drama which I revere because it is not of my making.

I model or construct my sculpture by assembling and joining the pieces of wood with glue and/or nails. When I’ve finished the ‘modelling’ I deliver it to the MB Fine Art Foundry in Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire where it is cast into bronze. Bronze is one of the most traditional and lovely of all sculptural materials. It is also a very obedient material; it will faithfully reproduce the personality of the original. If the surface of the original sculpture is bland, the bronze will be bland. Most people are won over by a seductive material but driftwood is fragile in the state it is found. Bronze perfectly captures its qualities in a form that will remain perfect and beautiful for millennia.