I am a self employed sculptor working in mild steel. This has been a full time occupation since 2006. I am self taught as a metal worker and in the arts.
I have always had an interest in sculpture and started dabbling after an Introduction to welding course in 2004.

My practice is based in South Wales just outside Swansea; I have a large industrial unit just off The Gower Peninsula and am happy to receive visitors by arrangement

I have evolved my own style of working that relates to the 'Direct Metal Sculpture' approach that first appeared in the 1960's. In this approach there is almost no use use of applied heat eg blacksmithing, forge work or foundry work.
Instead the metal is cold formed and in my case welded together to make the finished piece of art.
I do use scrap metal and recycled materials where relevant but most of my work uses steel as supplied from the steel works.
In my case it is is from the local steelworks in Port Talbot South Wales this makes for a nice connection with my local community

A lot of my work involves using open structures in which the viewer is able to fill in the spaces, almost like three dimensional line drawing.

I take inspiration from many many sources. A lot of what I make is inspired by nature; I have a particular interest in marine life; I have made many sculptures of fishes ranging in size from around 3m down to about the size of a hand.