Wildlife
Branshaw Birds
As a creative collaborator in the restorative Breathing Space garden, I’m inviting visitors to reconnect with nature through stillness, shape and sanctuary. In a garden that centres calm, wellness and elegance, my sculpture becomes a still point, and holding space. I’m honoured to be part of this special show garden at the Harrogate Spring […]
Early signs of Spring on the moor
There is a point in early Spring when the landscape begins to shift, though almost nothing at first appears to have changed. The ground still holds the memory of winter, the colours remain subdued, and the air carries a quietness that feels familiar. And yet, in small and easily missed ways, something begins to move. […]
Guardian Bird
Guardian Bird – this bird has a protective spirit, looking out for its supply of Hawthorn berries as they ripen in the late summer sunshine. It is a bird simple in form, but strong with intent. One of the pieces in my collection for Art in the Gardens – 6 & 7 September […]
Art in the Garden 2025
Over the weekend of 6 & 7 September I’ll be showing sculpture at Art in the Garden, Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Sheffield. Tan Toad is part of the collection of stone sculpture on display in my Gazebo within the Gardens – stand number G20. The piece is just finished, and I’m so pleased Toad will […]
Pensychnant Exhibition
Recently I submitted a sculpture for inclusion in the Pensychnant Conservation Centre and Nature Reserve Open Exhibition, and have just heard the good news that my stone carved Badger has been selected. The theme for the Pensychnant Conservation Centre Open 2025 is Nature, Environment and Conservation. It is to be a showcase for the […]
Unhurried Hare
So often when sitting still and quiet I’ve had the most rewarding wildlife encounters. I hardly dare breathe when this Hare come close and chose to groom and then lie, neatly easeful, just blinking and nose twitching. I believe in being quiet in nature. In a way there’s a strange contradiction in that in […]
Summer Exhibition Collection
The Magpie Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition opens this week – a warm welcome to this curated show inspired by the garden. My sculpture will be exhibited alongside beautiful original art and craft in a contemporary home gallery. Garden sculpture in stone – made to feel found rather than placed – all the pieces are […]
How to place a sculpture in the garden
In the beautiful spring sunshine I’ve been quietly concentrating on carving a small Rabbit sculpture. The Rabbit is caught mid-groom – body folded in on itself. She is not posing, or performing, she’s just being. Utterly at ease in her own world. Even in stone her shape suggests warmth and softness. You can feel […]
Boar in the Woods
Beneath the trees where nobody sees They’ll hide and seek as long as they please These are a couple of lines from Teddy Bear’s Picnic song – ‘If you go down to the woods today’. I remember singing it as a youngster, but never really understanding it. Not that it demanded any great interpretation […]
The Early Bird
The Early Bird garden sculpture. There’s such a feeling of energy with leaf buds appearing on the trees and signs of growth and greenery. The garden calls. Birdsong, seedlings, tidying and compost digging – all in the Spring sunshine and accompanied by a following of small garden birds, singing and searching in the newly […]