Nigel works in a variety of materials including stone, cement, concrete and mixed media. The principal sources of his inspiration are architecture, geometry and the earth sciences, finding inspiration in the “natural” environment as well as the built environment.
His work evolves from the initial idea through drawing out the geometries of forms suggested by built structures or “natural” forms. Drawing enables him to crystallise an idea or suggests further ideas along similar lines. [email protected]

Caroline sculpts in clay and most of her works are now cast as limited editions. She is fascinated by the way thought and instinct are expressed in form, a lifelong interest from her childhood on a Cotswold farm which gave her the time and freedom to study living things and their behaviour. That knowledge still informs and infuses her work, which can be found now in private collections in Germany,  Australia, Canada and the USA, as well as throughout the UK.
www.carolinebarnett.co.uk

One of Britain’s leading landscape painters, Michael was born in Derbyshire in 1934, later studying at the Derby College of Art.
Michael has now been painting the British countryside for over forty-five years, recording his subjects with understanding and great technical ability. His style is unique and instantly recognisable; combining broad panoramas and tightly drawn detail with great skill; achieving a painting that is just as satisfying in close-up as from a distance.
He now lives in Wales near Chepstow.

Diana works mainly in stoneware. She uses a hand building body which is very strong, stays flat and seldom cracks. To add texture and contrast and give the surface a “paintily” feel, she adds slips, grog and sand. She also adds pieces of clay, rolled and cut up into leaves or waves for example which are applied to the unfired piece. 
Recently her work has moved further towards garden sculpture. Ceramic totems inspired by two visits to Canada and Gaudi's extravagant work in Barcelona have always fascinated Diana. They appear in many cultures, but especially amongst the American Indians. Some totems depict clan legends, others honour the dead or describe a way of life, with revered animals both hunted and worshipped.
Her totems are thrown in pieces (typically 5 or 6), turned and then joined to allow her to decorate the whole piece as one, using layered clays, coloured stains and applied relief. The decorated piece is then split back into 2 or 3 pieces for biscuit firing after which glazes are applied.
www.dibarraclough.org.uk

Christine makes stone classical and modern female figures, animal and water features, garden sculpture and statuary. She specialises in figurative garden sculpture with a personal and authentic touch.
Christine sculpts in either clay or wax. Her figurative work is always directly from observation. She says: “I love natural forms, really looking and understanding the structure, the volume, the weight and the balance. If you get all these things right then the result is always beautiful and pleasing.” Christine produces her work either in cast stone, bronze resin or bronze.
www.artstonesculpture.com

Dawn produces stylised, figurative sculptures in bronze and bronze resin. Initially working in clay, plaster or wax the pieces have a truly sensitive quality. Most of the work is based on families and relationships. A mother herself, much of her inspiration is drawn from her own experiences, relationships and feelings. For example, in 'leaving the beach', one feels the struggle of the mother as she tries to move her children away from something they enjoy and who are doing as children do, acting up. In the intimacy groups the figures are sensitive and loving and the family bonds powerful and deep. Over the last few years, she has been exploring the deep bond that can develop between children and horses. These are very sought after, and there is now quite a stable of horses available. Her work captures an element of tension, humour and sensitivity, making one realise there is often more than meets the eye.
www.barwellgallery.co.uk/sculpture.html

Lorraine originally trained as a scientist and developed an interest in sculpture later on in life. 
Many of her original pieces were smaller, figurative works, and these gradually evolved into larger, more loosely-styled organic, abstract forms. Recurring themes often reference mathematical formulae, polaric systems that occur in nature, and the duality of positive and negative space expressed as the co-existence of form and void.
Lorraine’s sculptures are abstract and produced in a variety of media, including stone, bronze, metal resins and steel. ­
www.lorraine.bentonweb.co.uk

Erica has been experimenting with mosaic for many years and enjoys working to commission and teaching as well as developing her own art. She is continually fascinated with the movement and texture that can be created with unpromising little chips of glass or ceramic; playing with rhythms, movement, flashes of colour, sparkling lights, mysterious shadows.
Much of her work is inspired by nature and it is always a challenge to try and capture something of the magic of a particular subject. The play of light and the rhythm of a piece are always in her mind when she works on a mosaic. 
www.ericabibbings.wix.com/erica-bibbings

Mike studied sculpture in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, for over two years, after retiring from a 32-year career in engineering design and manufacture. He has also studied wax modelling, moulding and casting at West Dean College. He manufactures his own moulds and cast pieces in plaster, cement fondue and terracotta, and has work cast in bronze or other metals by a specialist foundry. His latest work is in stainless steel and explores the essential elements of plant forms. All this work is of a welded construction and is designed for external display within the garden environment, or as indoor arrangements.
www.mikebigland.com

Alex is a renaissance man in his approach to painting, embracing a wide variety of subjects including portraits, landscapes, still life and abstracts. What unifies all his work is his love of colour and observation. He approaches his work with a scientific, structured method of seeing; analysing what nature gives us to appreciate.
www.alexbrownpainter.co.uk

Rosie makes mosaic friezes, wire animals and bird baths. Her sculptures are aesthetically pleasing whilst being accurate and well made. She works to commission, making each piece by hand to the customer’s specifications.
She is based in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.
[email protected]

Jenny is an artist and blacksmith who makes individual handmade pieces for the home and garden. Inspired by the beauty of the outdoors Jenny makes furniture with a sculptural quality, designed to add an individual statement to a home or garden. Jenny began working with metal in 2003 and is one of only a handful of women who has a degree in Artist Blacksmithing.
Her recent work includes Chrysanthemum flowers, which can be used as candle holders or bird feeders and are made in three different sizes up to a metre and a half in height.
www.jennycole.co.uk

A potter, teacher and designer for 35 years, Gordon makes stoneware planters and sculptures, wall pieces, boxes and pots in porcelain. He has a professional interest in planting design and gardens and his own garden in Sale is open under the National Garden Scheme each year.
Containers for plants which relate in form, colour and texture to plants and their natural environment are a mainstay of his stoneware production.
http://www.gordoncooke.co.uk/

Richard comes from a background of design and engineering. He is essentially a maker and has worked in many materials including ice, string, air, wood, metal, photography and video but he always feels most at home with wood and metal as he understands these materials so well that they allow him to do almost anything he wants with them.
Most of his inspiration comes from the natural world of plants, trees and the landscape and he enjoys working in the landscape when the opportunity arises.
www.richardcresswell.co.uk

After relocating from Cheshire twelve years ago, Dartmouth artist Bob Dawson draws inspiration from Devon’s marine environment. He says: "I like to experiment and my work continues to evolve.”
Bob’s sculptures are inspired by environmental and maritime issues taken from studies of the South West coast line. Available in ceramic, bronze and metal resin, they are extremely tactile and rich in surface texture. These abstract works combine natural and manmade forms.
www.bobdawsonsculptor.com

Martin is a figurative artist working in clay who has his work produced in bronze and bronze resin. He says: “I try to produce powerful dramatic sculptures with a beauty of form. Sculpture should be tactile, making the viewer want to interact physically as well as visually. With a lifetime fascination with the way the body moves, I find myself drawn to dancers, especially contemporary dance rather that classical ballet. I enjoy the challenge of capturing the essence of movement, balance and tension with a static sculpture.”
www.thesculpturecollective.co.uk

Colleen du Pon is a female artist/blacksmith originally from Canada and now living in Bridport, West Dorset. She earned a BA in Silversmithing and Metalwork at Camberwell College of Arts in London.
Colleen produces a range of work, blending forging with hand, hammer and anvil, with contemporary metalworking processes to create works in mild steel, from functional items to sculpture and architectural work to commission.
www.colleendupon.co.uk

Matt makes installations and sculptures. He is an international artist, curator and glass innovator based in London. His art practice revolves around the material of glass and its qualities, often incorporating it into large scale installations and sculptures. Another aspect to his practise is the experimental innovation in glass. He says: “There remains the truism that the moment still exists when, in mid-flow, the molten glass can change direction and the artist’s skills can capitalise on the moment.” 
www.mattdurran.com

Karen creates a variety of small handmade garden sculptures in a gritty clay called Crank. She says: “I started making thrown domestic ware, then discovered handbuilding. I now make most of my work using coiling, slabbing, pinching, modelling and carving techniques. I have always been interested in gardening, and this, together with the influence of the Somerset landscape are my main influences. The clay I use gives a warm light brown colour and interesting surface textures when scraped, carved or polished. Some pieces are inlaid with porcelain, which gives a pleasing contrast of colour and texture.”
www.karenedwardsceramics.co.uk

Pat started carving in 1980 and enjoyed it so much she has kept going. Her inspiration is from her immediate enviroment, her family and animals. She says: "My philosophy is that while exercise is good for the body, art is good for your soul. We all have a creative part in our brains, but many don't use it. In this monetary world we have lost sight of the meaning of life. Put the soul back with art, it is so satisfying, and when you are a pile of dust somewhere your art could still be around giving someone pleasure."
www.patelmore.co.uk

Angela has created a collection of elegant sculptures based on the female form. Originally specialising in ceramics, she now uses a range of materials including bronze and bronze resin.
She has an unnerving skill in depicting the female form in all of its glory, somehow capturing the modern idiom, whilst at the same time preserving the traditional values of classical figurative sculpture. Angela captures the poise and elegance of the catwalk model and the essence of seduction within the semi-naked figure.
www.thesculpturecollective.co.uk

A sculptor, teacher, workshop facilitator, art organiser and consultant, Pam has 30 years experience in sculpture and ceramics and has been active in arts communities throughout her adult life.
Before moving to the UK, Pam was a potter in San Francisco. She now works from her studio in Farthinghoe and specialises in abstract reinterpretations of the human form, creating pieces that reflect the themes of solitude and fleeting thoughts or emotions. 
www.pamfoley.co.uk

Lynette began her career as a commercial artist and later developed an interest in sculpture and contemporary stained glass. However it is an interest in kiln-formed glass that has resulted in her exploration of different glass forming techniques. Often taking inspiration from nature there is frequently a uggestion of fluidity and movement within her work.
www.glassdesignsuk.com

Donald creates abstract sculptures in which he tries to express the beauty that exists in simple shapes: flowing lines, subtly curved edges, negative spaces defined by surrounding forms. Sometimes his pieces suggest forms in the real world, perhaps human or animal. He says: “This is the opposite of conceptual art: there is no message, you do not have to ‘understand’ the piece. You either like what you see or you don’t.”
www.donaldfoxley.co.uk

Peter creates functional and sculptural hand built ceramics for the home and garden from his studio in Gloucester. He says: “At different times I become absorbed in the human figure, architecture or the natural world; pretty much everything! However, underlying much of my work is a fascination in artefacts from the past such as ancient Chinese bronzes, medieval carvings and pre-Renaissance biblical imagery.”
www.peter-garrard-ceramics.co.uk

With 20 years experience in the commercial artistic world Anne understands the challenges of large commercial work along with appreciating the delicacies of a private commission.
She has developed an ever expanding portfolio of work using such media to express herself as steel, wood, bronze, fibreglass, clay, cement, mosaic and, of course, paint and relishes the opportunity to work in or with a new material.
[email protected]

Stephen trained in the film industry as a mould maker using plaster, silicon, rubber and fibreglass. He is also a finishing sculptor which includes making prosthetics, as in The Elephant Man and Monty Python: The Meaning of Life.
He takes rocks or driftwood, adds clay or plaster, and turns them into something else, makes a mould of it, and reproduces it in resin or bronze resin.
[email protected]

Katie’s works encompass mosaic in the widest possible sense with colour in a diverse style, reflecting many moods with texture, patterns and light. She says: “Colour flows through all our lives in many different forms and I love to translate all my inspiration into my work. Mosaic for me is the creation and building of ‘something else’ from so many tiny pieces of glass and mirror into ‘one whole statement’– a finished piece of work.” Her work is totally immersed in the connection between ‘Art in Nature’, which is why she enjoys so much creating original, quality pieces of work for all outdoor spaces. 
www.ktgreenmosaics.com

Daren usually works in steel, often using bicycle parts. He also works with other materials, such as polymers, if appropriate. Daren enjoys the challenge of taking everyday objects and reinterpreting them in new and unexpected contexts, elements which are expressed strongly in his metal sculptures. He says: “I individually hand make my own designs. These are completely original, unique and immediately recognisable as my work."
www.darengreenhow.com

Jude is a versatile artist who takes inspiration from the world around her, line and form being her main interest as well as a fascination with patterns.
Her work is heavily influenced by that of the Russian Constructivist artists such as Rodchenko and Gabo. A contemporary favourite is Antony Gormley. She enjoys construction forms that employ areas of negative space to give the illusion of a solid form.
www.judeheaton.co.uk

Wendy Henley is a multi-media artist creating both 2 and 3D forms that are a vehicle for her feelings about human nature, society and how we live our lives. Her work draws on the symbolic and metaphorical potential of illogical combinations. This works on different levels and is resistant to straight forward interpretation; encouraging the viewer to look at things differently thereby engendering a multiplicity of responses, as the prime motive of her work is to give rise to discussion.
www.wendyhenley.com

Laura is an amateur photographer who has had a love of the medium of photography for many years, but it is only recently that she has tried her hand on the other side of the shutter. It is almost impossible for her to go out for a day without seeing something which captures her eye and her imagination. Laura likes to take the un-posed natural image, and then manipulate it to give an extra layer of interest to an everyday image.

Silas creates a wide selection of meticulously calibrated traditional and contemporary sundials and armillary spheres. Each dial is crafted by hand and given a polished finish. Bronze dials may be patinated as an optional extra. Beautiful sculptural forms in their own right as well as being some of the most accurate and carefully made pieces of their kind available.
www.sundials.co.uk

Ann is a self-taught artist, but has attended workshops both in the USA and England. Through her love of dogs, especially Flatcoated Retrievers, she began producing limited edition prints. Her work has been exhibited in The Kennel Club, London; Dave Hodges’ Gallery in Big Timber, Montana and Bristol.
Her cold cast bronze sculptures are produced in Somerset to the highest specification.
www.annfineart.co.uk

Born and brought up in North Devon, Briony draws inspiration from the wild, salty air of the Atlantic coast. She says: “The rocky headlands and mossy, fertile valleys give me a feeling for structure, texture and form that, from an early age, I have wanted to translate into sculpture. There are several distinct strands in my sculpture, broadly defined under ‘wood’, ‘stone’ and ‘clay’. Whatever the medium, I always seem to turn to natural forms – whether human or plant forms or the landscape itself.”
www.brionylawson.com

Lyndon is a sculptor born and bred in Wales, who takes the steel and cast iron of our industrial heritage and fashions from it art that shows the inherent beauty in the sweat and toil of industrial processes. ­­Fifteen years ago he began carving, initially in wood and then in stone. Barbara Hepworth’s work – first encountered in Cardiff – was a huge influence. He now works mainly in cast iron and steel.
www.lyndonmably.co.uk

Originally creating large figurative pieces in stone and marble, Ian moved to stainless steel and glass. His subjects have always been drawn from nature, but whereas the stone sculptures were embodiments of natural forms the new works go much deeper, expressing the very juxtaposition of our place in the world, torn between our man-created modern lifestyles and the natural world to which we belong.
www.marlowsculpture.co.uk

Ama’s animal sculptures and wall plaques focus primarily on threatened species in the UK, and celebrate the success stories. They are stylistically inspired by etchings, woodblock prints, early 20th century illustration and Art Deco stone carving. Ama works in clay, which either becomes fired stoneware, or is cast into metal resin or into bronze.
www.amamenec-sculpture.co.uk

Miranda creates one-of-a-kind wildlife and equine sculptures in steel. The use of steel enables her to portray the movement and lightness that is the essence of wild things, but also their power and strength. She is completely self taught and has developed a style and technique that is entirely her own. There is no casting or reproduction involved.
www.mirandamichels.com

Amanda creates beautiful glass sculptures for the garden. Her love of colour and painting has led her to use glass and her approach is as a painter. She designs, cuts and kiln fires the glass at home in her workshop in Flore, in rural Northamptonshire.
The countryside and its natural beauty are the key to what inspires her. The landscape and the raw natural materials are where her heart lies and she tries to bring this into her work.
www.thefusedgarden.co.uk

Angela’s sculpture is a direct response to the human form, aiming to catch through the inclination of the head or the tilt of the shoulders a spiritual connection in each figure. Most are sculptures of women created in her studio in the Wye Valley working with a model. She makes the sculpture in clay which is then cast in bronze resin. The sculptures are suitable for garden settings and interiors ranging from small table pieces to life size.
www.angela.palmer.freeuk.com

Alec & Fiona Peever specialise in sculpture and letter carving. Their contemporary designs are hand carved in stone and cast in bronze using traditional craft skills. With over 30 years experience their large portfolio of work includes poetry trails, monuments in churches and cathedrals and garden features.
Alec has also trained apprentices in the studio and inspired others with his lecture talks on craftsmanship and its relevance to the modern age.
www.alecpeever.com

Fiona & Alec Peever specialise in sculpture and letter carving. Their contemporary designs are hand carved in stone and cast in bronze using traditional craft skills.
With over 30 years experience their large portfolio of work includes poetry trails, monuments in churches and cathedrals and garden features, while also specialising in individually sculpted churchyard memorials and architectural carving.
www.alecpeever.com

Sculpture was always a life-time ambition for Marie. She began experimenting with different media, sharing inspiration with other artists and exploring the various aspects of sculpture from the sensitivity and movement of the human form to humour in animals or the pleasing shape of fruits.
Marie works mostly works in clay, plaster or wax and her sculptures are then cast either in bronze or bronze resin.
www.oxfordsculptors.org/marie-shepherd

David makes a range of sculptural and functional items at Lockton in the North York Moors National Park. He works using traditional hand forging techniques, often applying these to contemporary designs, producing work which is beautiful to handle and which reflects its origins in fire. All pieces are intended to outlive their maker and those for whom they are made. Despite a busy work schedule, he continually develops his own design ideas by keeping a regular sketch book and participating in group exhibitions and open studio projects.
www.davidstephenson.org.uk

John works mostly in Lincolnshire limestones and occasionally uses sandstone, marble, polyphant and Portland stone. His inspiration comes from nature and the human figure.  
Ideas first take shape as sketches and maquettes are made for larger pieces of work. Further development and refinement continues through the carving process. Detail is usually suppressed to create simple, unified forms.
www.artonthemap.org.uk/artists/the-vales/john-sutton

Jo’s unique ceramic sculptures celebrate the ornamental. Her style developed from observation of the decorative on a grand scale; features such as ornate plasterwork ceilings, wrought iron gates and carved stone. As each clay piece is created, tools or the hand make marks in the surface to accentuate depth and direction. The pieces are then joined together to create a unique form which offers suggestions about musicality, direction, rhythm and shadow.
www.jotaylorceramics.com

Bob is an artist working in the medium of stained glass. His passion is for glass and the life held within it. He tries to use it in the same way a painter uses paint from their pallette to produce both colour and texture. He draws inspiration from nature, using flowing lines which suit his chosen medium. His work does not set out to challenge or shock but simply to give as much pleasure to the person looking at it as he has had in designing and making it.
www.oaklandsstudios.co.uk

Philip gains his inspiration from observing our natural environment as well as the intricate layers of humanity. He works with stainless steel for its reflective and contemporary qualities and bronze for its patination effects. He creates contemporary public sculptures, for both interior and exterior, garden sculptures that are inspired by nature. 
www.philipthompsonsculptures.com

Sally Anne Tottle's work is inspired by her love of animals, in particular her fascination for horses. As a teenager she was awestruck by the horses for the Parthenon frieze and ancient horses have remained a great source of inspiration until this day. 
In the 1980s Sally trained in ceramics and exhibited throughout the South West until a serious riding accident curtailed her artistic career. After training as an Alexander Technique Teacher to regain her health, she has taught in Monmouth for the last twenty five years. However, Sally's passion for art has never dwindled and during that time she attended courses run by The Society of Equestrian Artists before setting up her own studio at home working in clay, bronze and jesmonite. More recently she has been experimenting with wire and how light can be reflected through it to create fluidity and movement.
www.penallt.org.uk/art-in-penallt/2013/artists/sally-tottle

The partnership of Victoria Govan & Richard Warner. Using a fusion of traditional blacksmithing skills – hot bending and manipulation, drawing and shaping – and state of the art industrial metalworking techniques –CNC plasma, laser and water cutting – they make contemporary and unusual steel sculpture to complement and enhance a garden. The pieces are intended to brighten winter borders as much as to create focus and depth. All their work is hand forged steel which is galvanised.
www.ironvein.co.uk

Malcolm began seriously sculpting in the 1980s after a successful career as a painter. He is now experienced with clay, casting in bronze, bronze resin and stone. He is currently working on pieces with a dance and movement theme and commissions which include portraits and figurative sculptures.
He is constantly striving to produce work of the highest quality with lasting beauty in both sculpture and painting.
www.mwad.co.uk

Chris Yeomans is one of Britain’s leading artist-blacksmiths. He studied blacksmithing as a mature student at Hereford technical college and Herefordshire College of Art and Design, leaving in 1991 with “Best Student” award.
Chris is admired as a brilliant designer and maker; his finishing is exceptional, and his work often features exciting and innovative surface colour and texture. He produces a broad range of work, from small domestic pieces to large architectural commissions. He contributed pieces to the award-winning Globe Theatre gates in London, and to Fire and Iron’s gold medal-winning garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008. In 2010, he worked closely with Lucy Quinnell, owner of Fire and Iron, to create the beautiful love seat centrepiece for the garden that won “The People’s Choice” at Hampton Court – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Jayne Thomas.
www.chrisyeomans.com