When a friend saw my tui sundial she wanted a birdbath in a similar design… so I made her one. Initially it had a flax leaf design on the base like it has photographed here, but after further consideration I decided it looked better without a base, but with just the column and bowl. Now Tuis, along with other birds, drink and bathe in it daily in Vicky's garden. (SOLD)I have a plant in my garden I call an inside-out outdaisy. This sort of gave me the idea for this one. 100cm base and 800cm column = 900cm totalMe just doodling with stone again and trying to get a shape which makes the stone look fluid. Had fun with this one and different people see different things in it.Same piece as before from a different side(as before)470mm tall. One piece Play of shadow and light (doodling in stone) (SOLD)My work was inspired from a trip to Rome where I saw ancient monuments telling tales of Roman battles and victories. These two pillars don't speak of such celebrated moments in history, but instead tell some of our own stories. As you walk between them you can travel through the seasons , going to the beach in Summer, playing in leaves in Autumn, having snowball fights in Winter, planting a garden in Spring… etc. They may seem insignificant moments in history , but they make us what we are. travelling through time (bottom to top) Spring (sheep with lambs), Summer (watering garden and jumping through sprinkler), Autumn (playing in leaves), Winter (walking in cold southerly), Spring (birds nesting, trees blossoming)Travelling through time (from bottom to top) Summer (at the beach), Autumn (harvest garden and orchard), Winter (snowball fights), Spring (planting garden and chickens), Summer (camping and river)these columns are constructed the same way as the ancient Romans put their columns together. Each piece is carved and then threaded onto a central post.walking around this piece on this pillar – dad rakes the leaves, a cat chases leaves and on this side kids play in leaves!In the Bible Lot's wife looked back and she was instantly turned into a pillar of salt. Looking at the world today – at the way we have squandered the world's resources, cutting down forests and polluting rivers and waterways, perhaps it is a good thing to look back and see how the world once was. We need to look back and figure out how to fix it rather than boldly moving on ignoring the signs as before…I was thinking about grass blowing around in the wind when I was carving this one and then half way through I under went a slight change of mind… deciding that it would be too busy with lots of swaying lines all over it. So I went for a smooth contrast. So this one I feel is very tactile. You can run you fingers along the wavy lines and then enjoy the cool smoothness of the central core. Stand 600mm high plus 100mm base (SOLD)as before…Four fern fronds unfurling. 1.5 m tall (approx)Sometimes I like to just play with stone and see what comes out. This piece was sort of inspired by a combination of manuka and field poppy seed pods. 580mm tall (SOLD)Stylized study of a clematis flower approx 840 mm tall 1220 mm tall in total. four pieces pinned together. Study of petals and stamens reminiscent of the campula flowers growing in my garden I was looking at lawn daisies on the lawn one day (after my husband had been cursing them for coming up so quickly since he had only mown the lawn the day before) and I marvelled at the beauty and simplicity of the humble daisy. So I felt moved to make this. I love this giant daist floating in a sea of little daisies. Its magical.Another ode to the humble daisy
