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everyday objects 
An object a day helps you work....
 
Working Title 
’Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together’ - Marilyn Monroe This summer aspex will undertake a rag and bone-style collection of...
 
Art + Play 
touring show 20 - 21 Gallery, Scunthorpe Mansfield museum December
Exhibition, Sculpture 
Ways to leave your can 
This was a little booklet I put together of a few ideas for using a tin can with some naff play on words.
 
TIn can lid plaque 
Commission for plaque, Wasteworks,
 
Tin Can-dle 
This is probably my favourite and most sellable transformation of a tin can and it has nothing added to it. It also works really well as a candle holder.
 
Cow wheel 
A commission for Siemens for the Cow Parade in Manchester 2004.... They wanted a statement piece that could connect with there automative business. So I came up...
Cow Parade, Commissions 
Grippy 
 
Scrub Together 
A bench or a table made from an industrial brush and birch plywood. It is now part of the collection at Manchester art gallery. I made a limited addition run of...
 
Lazy cleaner 
This was another degree project that was developed a few years later. The original metal top was in keeping with the industrial brush but decided to soften it up to...
 
The Hairy One 
Another brush but now as a light... This idea came from wanting to replace the blades on a ceiling fan with a soft brush...I thought it might spin up and change...
 
Steam light 
Developed after the Grate light and exploiting a another readymade with light. Using a vegetable steamers meant users can interact and change the size of the...
 
See saws table 
This table began life as another challenge for me - 'i wonder if you could make a table with saws for legs?" Well i did but in the final one was made with false...
 
Grate light 
This light began life as part of degree project back in 1999 and generated a lot of press interest and some sales...but as it was only a plain grater people would...
Lighting 
Walk light 
Another degree idea that was developed later into a prototype product. It was picked up and used for a functional award for the Scottish PR awards 2002 and 2003. ...