Collection of Egyptian alabaster bowls on an Egyptian alabaster support
These pieces were shown as part of an exhibition at Glyndebourne Opera house:
A Pair of Porphyry Bowls, 1999
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Height 9.5cm (3 3/4") Width 25cm (9 7/8") Depth 11.5cm (4 1/2")
Private Collection, USA, 2015
Lugged Bowl, 2002
Carved Ancient Egyptian pegmatite
Height 9cm (3 1/2") Diameter 15.5cm (6 1/8")
Private Collection, USA, 2015
Egyptian Alabaster Bowl, 2002
Carved Egyptian alabaster with gold details
Height 8cm (3 1/8") Diameter 12cm (4 3/4")
This piece is currently being shown with Adrian Sassoon, London
Charnokite Bowl, 2002
Carved Indian basalt
Height 12.5cm (4 7/8") Width 15.5cm (6 1/8") Depth 13.5cm (5 5/16")
Roman Bowl, 2003
Carved Egyptian diorite
Height 8.5cm (3 3/8") Diameter 15cm (5 7/8")
Dark Bowl, 2004
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Height 6.5cm (2 1/2") Diameter 14.5cm (5 3/4")
Dark Oval, 2008
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Height 9cm (3 1/2") Width 18.5cm (7 1/4") Depth 11.5cm (4 1/2")
Porphyry Cluster, 2010
A set of three carved Egyptian porphyry bowls
Height 12cm (4 3/4") Width 36cm (14 1/8") Depth 22cm (8 5/8")
Private Collection, Switzerland, 2013
The Holy Grail, 2011
Petrified wood, 10 x 14 cm diameter
See all the works at this exhibition below:
This exhibition was held at Ludlow castle and featured large and small scale works that draw inspiration from a wide variety of concepts.
Trio of Bowls, 2014
Carved Ancient Egyptian pegmatite
Height 8cm (3 1/8") Width 60cm (23 5/8") Depth 15.5cm (6 1/8")
Private Collection, London, 2017
Bowl of Paradise: Adam, 2015
Carved petrified wood
Height 7.5cm (3") Width 13cm (5 1/8") Depth 10.5cm (4 1/8")
This piece is currently being shown with Adrian Sassoon, London
I worked with petrified wood to represent wooden elements in a coat of arm as a part of a funerary monument for a church in Lincolnshire.
In my investigations in sculpture dealing with religious relics I became preoccupied with how relics often discredited with dating, were still revered. This was an issue of faith and belief and a rich area of interest in a number of sculptures executed through the years in particular ‘The Holy Grail’ in petrified wood whose age could not be discredited.
Grail II, 2016
Carved Egyptian porphyry with gold leaf details
Height 11cm (4 1/4") Width 16cm (6 1/4") Depth 16cm (6 1/4")
This work is currently being shown by Adrian Sassoon, London.
This special stone has a special place in my work since being given permission to extract stone from the Imperial quarries in Egypt nearly 30 years ago to make sculpture for the new Opera House in Cairo. With its transition from Roman Imperial exclusive use to its use after Constantine in Christian contexts, its symbolism is assured.
Using the rich symbolism that has shaped our western culture, I draw from its well for inspiration. I was inspired by a claim that the Holy Grail was brought near my home in Herefordshire, England by Joseph of Arimathea and Mary Magdalene in their, perhaps, mythic refuge from persecution. There are hundreds of claims of the existence of ‘Grails’, many debunked by scientific proof of age, especially wooden examples. I have used here a stone that may have found its way to a special usage from the Imperial representative in Judaea. I have used other materials too that would confound analysis, having age that cannot be questioned. The form of this grail is from a painting by Juan de Juanes.
The Volcanic Bowl, 2016
Carved volcanic dyke with green gold leaf and gilded bronze element
Height 9.5cm (3 3/4") Width 20.5cm (8 1/8") Depth 16cm (6 1/4")
This work is currently being shown by Adrian Sassoon, London.
This material is a geological detritus, I suppose. It is a material that is a bi-product of the cooling process of diverse materials which have been squeezed out of the vents in the volcanic flues around the forming basalt, causing vitrification of the surface. Polishing has revealed the marble-like quality of this stone due to superheated silica which has met with a rapid cooling. The rhomboidal shape of the sculpture is characteristic of the ‘chrystaline’ behaviour of cooling rock.
The double hemisphere void in the stone was the result of deciding on the most interesting shape within the form. The figure of eight-like shape suggested that a ‘peanut’ form could reside within it which has been the culmination of the process.
Offering Bowl: Life Force, 2016
Carved Egyptian breccia
Height 7.5cm (3") Width 28cm (11") Depth 19cm (7 1/2")
A recent offering bowl formed from Egyptian breccia is engraved with typical images drawn from the the walls of the valley of the quarries.
The original graffiti was wide ranging in its subject matter. It depicted inventories of men and provisions that were tallied by the masters as well images of idols and offerings some simple, others technically very accomplished. Some of the imagery expressed the yearnings of lonely men in a savage desert environment.
Offering Bowl: Shrine of Min, 2016
Carved Egyptian breccia
Height 7.5cm (3") Width 30cm (11 3/4") Depth 24cm (9 1/2")
A recent offering bowl formed from Egyptian breccia is engraved with typical images drawn from the the walls of the valley of the quarries.
The original graffiti was wide ranging in its subject matter. It depicted inventories of men and provisions that were tallied by the masters as well images of idols and offerings some simple, others technically very accomplished. Some of the imagery expressed the yearnings of lonely men in a savage desert environment.
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Height 10cm (3 7/8")
Diameter 19cm (7 1/2")
This work is currently being shown by Adrian Sassoon, London.
This wonderful stone has a special place in my work since being given permission to extract stone from the Imperial quarries in Egypt nearly 30 years ago to make sculpture for the new Opera House in Cairo. With its transition from Roman Imperial exclusive use to its use after Constantine in Christian contexts, its symbolism is assured.
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Height 14cm (5 1/2")
Width 45cm (17 3/4")
Depth 39cm (15 3/8")
Private Collection, Michigan, USA, 2017
This wonderful stone has a special place in my work since being given permission to extract stone from the Imperial quarries in Egypt nearly 30 years ago to make sculpture for the new Opera House in Cairo. With its transition from Roman Imperial exclusive use to its use after Constantine in Christian contexts, its symbolism is assured.
Carved Egyptian porphyry
Width 90cm (35 3/8")
Depth 45cm (17 3/4")
Height 45cm (17 3/4")
This work is currently being shown by Adrian Sassoon, London.
