experience, I’ ve started to become more daring with the scale of my sculptures. My work now explores everything from tactile, handheld pieces to monumental sculptures 4-5 metres high, however with this increase in scale comes new logistical challenges of lifting, turning and moving.
What is the most unusual, daring, or interesting commission you’ ve ever received?
I worked as a stone sculptor on the Tibetan Peace Garden, situated in the grounds of The Imperial War Museum, London. One of the biggest challenges faced was translating the highly detailed Kalachakra Mandala, which is normally only seen as a circular sand painting. This was the very first time a carving had ever been made in such detail as the Mandala, which took myself and three other stone sculptors nine months to carve. It was all made worthwhile when all the sculptors involved got to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he came to London to open and bless the sculptures and garden.
What has been your proudest artistic achievement to date?
I suppose the one stand out achievement that has enabled me to further my career as a sculptor over the last 10 years was in 2008 when I was elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. However, every time you apply for a public art commission or a selected group exhibition and you get selected, it is always seen as an achievement.
Where can we see your work?
At Godinton House Sculpture Exhibition 18 until 12th August 2018.
What does the rest of 2018 hold in store for you?
I have just been commissioned by Dandara Ltd, Tunbridge Wells, to create a site-specific artwork for their development at Knights Wood, which will be unveiled in November this year. I have also just taken delivery of a five-tonne block of Irish limestone for a garden sculpture, which I am about to start working on for a private client.
Then, on a smaller scale, I have been invited back as part of the KPG Annual Art Exhibition at Sevenoaks School this October, where the sale of artworks made by Kent-based artists is in aid of local mental health charities.
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