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> EDITIONS AND MULTIPLES

Since studying printmaking 20 years ago, making editions and multiples has been an important aspect to my practice. For me artist multiples are critical objects made in response to the idea of encountering and living with art as part of everyday life. Producing smaller works in series alongside my larger gallery scale pieces and installations enables me the opportunity to make work available at a range of economies, and support an emerging collector base who do not yet have a penthouse with a polished concrete floor.  

The small works, editions and multiples below are available to purchase directly from my London studio. Please get in contact for sales or commission enquiries via the form below:
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> FLATLAND SQUARES


Part of my ongoing Flatlands Series of relief sculptures, these square works are each unique and cast in plaster, Jesmonite and concrete mixed with metal fillers that form the rust colours and surface patinas. The moulds are initially made from compositions of discarded circuit boards. These works are loosely inspired by a combination of growing up watching 80s science fiction films to discovering 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin A. Abbott - first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. 

Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 4 cm 
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Each work is presented in an off-white Jesmonite cast frame available for £250 + P&P each.


No.11
No.3 SOLD
No.4
No.8
No.12
No.13
No.14
No.1 SOLD
No.9
No.10
No.15
No.16
No.18
No.7
No.17 SOLD
No.5
No.19
No.6
No.2
No.20

​These small individual squares are reminiscent of our decaying urban landscape architecturally formed from obsolete computers parts found in the streets around my inner city studio. With reference to science fiction, technological failure, and future fossils, as architectural miniatures when seen from above the works appear like a gridded block from a nowhere town. On mass the visibly repeating forms cast from the same moulds create an underlying formal familiarity that is camouflaged by each uniquely aesthetic facade created by the metal powders added into the casting composites and allowed to decay.

Each work is unique ​and presented in an off-white Jesmonite cast frame available for £250 + P&P each.


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​> FLATLAND EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE 


​​A cast concrete triangle relief sculpture presented in a white tray frame. Available for £210 framed.

Dimensions: 35 x 35 x 4 cm.

Part of my ongoing Flatlands Series of relief sculptures, this triangular work is made from a composition of discarded circuit boards which I then silicone mould and cast in concrete. These works are loosely inspired by a combination of growing up watching 80s science fiction films to discovering 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin A. Abbott - first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. ​

Edition of 12 - only 3 works from the edition remain available. Made ready to hang on a wall in the same way as any picture.



> SPIDERS FROM MARS
A series of relief sculptures cast in plaster with a Jesmonite cast frame. Each circular work is unique and comes with a wall hanging bracket and a spider plant - available for £450 + P&P each. ​
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Dimensions: 32 cm in diameter x 4 cm depth

Works in an ongoing series of relief sculptures made from a collection of spider plant off-shoots that I first started growing during lockdown 2020.... Each work is unique, cast in plaster by directly imprinting the young rooting houseplants into clay to make the mould, which is then cast in plaster, and framed in a bespoke Jesmonite clay cast frame. The familiar but subverted domestic organisms act as a window into an upside-down world where the root systems and fragile specimen like aesthetics appear almost as alien forms. For me, messing around with plants in my flat was an important lockdown activity and a much needed escapism from the covid and political horrors that unravelled in the UK. Spending some quiet time focussing on hands-on and low-budget making in an attempt to process everything seemed an important thing to do.  


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> JELLY MOULDS

​To help me fund making the big ones…. I’ve produced several small jellyfish reliefs as limited edition framed works. Cast in Jesmonite and beach sand available each for £120 + p&p 

Dimensions 24 x 24 x 4 cm​
The frame comes with a french cleat style bracket and hangs on a wall like any picture. 

For the last few years I've spent considerable time plaster casting the large (dead) Jellyfish discovered washed ashore at low tide. In place of a sandcastle bucket and spade as a child, and equipped like a palaeontologist with sacks of Plaster of Paris I mould the perished forms into future fossils directly on the beach. Out of their natural marine habitat and seen up close slumped on land, jellyfish are amazingly alien in form, and a beautifully viscous material to make moulds from.

This will become a substantial body of sculptural work when I have the funds and a venue to exhibit. 

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​> GOLDFINGER


A sculptural multiple of a Birdseye Fish Finger, moulded from a shop bought frozen fish finger in my kitchen during the 2020 lockdown. A popular processed food product in the uk (with distinct golden breadcrumbs) was a much needed comfort food during a global pandemic.

My Grandfather was a carpenter and for much of his life worked in a factory making picture frame moulding. Gold Fingers are cast in Jesmonite and gilded from a box of gold leaf he left to me when he died. 

​Individual Gold Fingers are available from Object | Multiple for £45 each + p&p

Dimensions: 9 x 3 x 1.5 cm

One of a series of small works made on my kitchen table during lockdown 2020.




> DATA BLOCKS

​A grid of 100 individually framed relief sculptures cast from a collection of floppy disks discarded from a city of London office. 
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The texture and surface detail of each piece is formed by casting concrete directly onto floppy disks themselves making each one unique. The data within the obsolete disk will forever remain a mystery as it's content is destroyed by the casting process, but the fine detail of the concrete picks up a trace of the labels, hints of pen marks and sometimes even finger prints of the previous user from the plastic facade.

Each disk is presented in a white Jesmonite tray frame and Individual works are available for £75 + P&P.

​Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 3 cm 
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> EARWORMS 


​A series of broken headphones pressed into clay, moulded and cast into playful relief drawings in concrete - part fossil part fantasy. Earworms are available as 9 different limited edition concrete relief works. 

Earworm #1 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #2 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #3 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm series - Each work £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #4 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #5 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #6 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm #7 - £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm
Earworm series - Each work £120 Framed concrete relief 24x24x4cm

Each work comes framed and ready to hang on the wall. Available in grey concrete for £120 each + p & p. 

Dimensions: (including frame) 24 x 24 x 4cm 
Each work comes with a french cleat style hanging bracket.

Earworms can also be purchased as i
ndividual tiles (unframed) or sets of tiles that can be adhered directly to walls inside and outside to create a tessellated wall relief on mass. Each tile is hand cast in grey concrete, measuring 20 x 20 x 2 cm. Commissions and larger quantities are available on request.

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> XMAS TREE WRECKING BAUBLES 
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Back for 2025! and available in sets of 3 for £30 including U.K. postage.

Each bauble is 4.5cm in diameter (golf ball size) cast in a range of concrete mixes from dark grey to snowcrete (all the festive greys) and sealed with a polished wax finish. Weighing approx 95 grams they hang perfectly on Xmas trees.

To purchase simply fill in the above form and I will reply with payment details. Orders will be sent out within a week. Postage to Europe and the rest of the world is an extra £7.50 AND there could be an additional customs import tax on non UK orders (SORRY)…. For corporate enquiries, to order large quantities or commissions please use the form at the top of this page.  ​
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> SQUIDDY


A one-off concrete cast relief edition made as part of my Spiders From Mars series, presented in a white tray frame. 

Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 4 cm
​Edition of 8, £320 + p&p (5 available)

I initially created a plaster of paris original cast by directly imprinting a rooting spider plant into clay, before producing a silicone mould to cast this limited edition in concrete.

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I'd recently rewatched the 1999 Matrix film and this reminded me of the 'squiddy' Sentinels presented in fossil form. The familiar but subverted domestic organism acts as a window into an upside-down world where the root systems and fragile specimen like aesthetics appear almost alien form... 
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> CORRUGATED COLUMN LAMPS


​Concrete column lamp bases, cast concrete made in crumpled cardboard moulds using the corrugated packaging and delivery materials in my studio - which makes each lamp base unique.

Lamp bases are available now, made to order in 5 different heights > 10cm @ £45 / 15cm @ £55 / 20cm @ £65 / 25cm @ £75 / 30cm @ £85 or available as sets and multiples. UK postage is an additional £10-15. Each lamp base has a standard E27 screw thread lamp head, woven cord (red or black), switch and plug. The electrics are purchased as a pre made kit and simply installed into the base - so no home made wiring!

Bulbs are not included - recommend a low watt / diffused bulb The concrete is sealed, with a polished top and the base has a thin layer of felt protection. 

> ROBOT BIN THINGS


​Concrete cast multiples created with moulds made from discarded consumer tech packaging - each Robot is an edition of 18 and available to purchase > individual price in caption (does not include p&p)
Robot No.2 £75.00
Robot No.3 £110
Robot No.4 £120
Robot No.5 £145
Robot No.2 > £75

Robot No.3 > £110
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​Robot No.4 > £120
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Robot No.5 > £145

> FLOAT ON A ROPE - CONCRETE DOOR STOPS


​The Doorstops are cast in several shades of concrete using silicone moulds of 'swimming pool safety floats on a rope' discarded from Deptford Leisure Centre, bite marks and all...

​Dimensions 12 x 12 x 15cm, sealed concrete with approx 20cm natural rope handle. 

Available to order for £75 each + p&p > Enquire for availability and details:
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​> WAFFLE MONOLITH - GREY


​​The work is a polymer concrete cast of a potato waffle fixed vertically on a concrete plinth. The sculpture is part of an ongoing series of small art works that I started making on my kitchen table at home when my studio was closed during uk lockdown earlier this year. 

The work is grey concrete cast waffle on dark grey plinth
Limited edition of 12 - 8 remain available.

£75 + p&p. (uk-uk postage + £5 / uk-international +£20)


​> WAFFLE MONOLITH - WHITE


​​The work is a polymer concrete cast of a potato waffle fixed vertically on a concrete plinth. The sculpture is part of an ongoing series of small art works that I started making on my kitchen table at home when my studio was closed during uk lockdown earlier this year. 

The work is a Jesmonite cast waffle on a grey concrete plinth.
Limited edition of 12 - 7 remain available.

£75 + p&p. (uk-uk postage + £5 / uk-international +£20)
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> DATA BLOCK PRINTS


​A series of monotypes made by inking up a collection of Floppy diskettes and hand printing then as a relief print. Edition of 12 printed on Somerset Satin paper. 4 available £120, each print is unique.

Dimensions: 42 x 56 cm,
 
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> VHS BLOCK PRINTS


A series of monotypes made by inking up a collection of VHS cassettes and hand printing as a relief print. Edition of 12 and Printed on Somerset Satin paper, approx 42x56cm, 7 available £120, each print is unique. 

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> REMNANT POTS


​Vessels are produced ad hoc from the left over concrete and packing materials from casting projects in my studio. The exterior of each pot is cast directly from packing materials like corrugated cardboard, plastic wrap and bubble, forming a unique and ever evolving range of surface textures. 

Two standard internal pot sizes are available: 

​> Medium: 9.5cm diameter available for £30
> Large: 15.5 cm diameter £45

All pots are finished with concrete sealer and suitable for both interior and exterior use. 

Commissions and sales enquiries welcome. ​
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