Oxford
Oxford is one of those special places that I think of as living history. I find the combination of architecture and history very inspiring but it is still very much a working place - dominated by the University, yet still has a thriving community living alongside. I have been visiting and making work inspired by Oxford for a number of years now - all exhibited at Sarah Wiseman’s Gallery in Summertown.
St Giles Leaf and Oxford Matchboxes
Exhibited by the Sarah Wiseman Gallery as part of Oxford Photography Festival
Saint Giles Leaf
Oxford Filmstrips
Limited edition ceramic artworks with details from my photographs recording journeys around Oxford.
All Souls
Hertford College
Radcliffe Camera Oval
Limited edition ceramics using Baroque forms referencing the Radcliffe Camera’s Baroque architecture.
Radcliffe Camera Oval
Oxford Enamelled Silver Spoons
‘Emperors’s Heads’ enamelled Silver spoons
‘Oxforde’ enamelled silver spoons
Oxford Enamel Structures
A few years ago I acquired a collection of antique engravings - mostly 18th century , and many of them depicting scenes of Oxford.
Around the same time I learned the ancient art of enamelling - cousin of ceramics - using the heat of a kiln to form a thin layer of pigmented glass onto metal.
Taking small details from the engravings, I have used them to create artworks - playing with colour and structural forms to make work that is architectural and contemporary. By using different colours, some of the work has an echo of stained glass and I hope that the resulting work gives new life to the antique engravings.
There are number of works available at the gallery - more than illustrated here.
Please use the link below to see the whole collection.
St Johns College, Oxford
Steel structure with vitreous enamel panels. Image details from 18th century engavings.
Magdalen College, Oxford
Queen’s College Library
Radcliffe Camera
Late Summer, Oxford (Bronze patinated brass, silver, enamel on copper)
Radcliffe Square, Oxford. (Bronze patinated brass and enamelled copper)