A formative residency in Ullapool North West Scotland produce a set of bizarre costumed characters combining elements of ‘wild’ animals, outdoor sports fabrics and equipment. Through conversations with people in Ullapool I developed the opinion that you were “as likely to see a luridly dressed hiker in any remote place as a truly ‘wild’ animal!”
Since that I went on to make huge tent sculptures and most recently a theatrical piece on the Clifton Suspension Bridge with an actor and 3 physical performers that explored the perceived divide the bridge creates between city and countryside.
Today I am taking these characters and methods from the past 12 months, chopping them up and using them as the basis for new imagery- the basis for the woodcuts.
