Date of Birth

Summer 1978

Education

Sheffield Hallam University

2006 – 2008 – PGCE

2002 – 2006 – MA Design

1997 – 2000 – BA (Hons) Industrial Design

Teaching

Sheffield Hallam University – September 2011 – Ongoing

Associate Lecturer – BA (Hons) Product Design

Leeds College of Art – September 2006 – July 2011

0.5 Year Tutor – BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design

Sheffield Hallam University – 2004 – 2006

Associate Lecturer – BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design

Exhibitions

2010 The Lowry, Salford

November 2010 – May 2011

Unlocking Salford Quays – Artist Development Works

Commissions – Ongoing

2011 Wakefield Westgate Station – Route marking and way finding

The design and development of various two and three dimensional interventions to be placed in and around Wakefield Westgate Station to assist the public in route finding throughout the station.

2011 Sheffield Business Park, Figurative place markers

The design, manufacture and installation of figurative place markers to be installed at each stage of major development works at Sheffield Business Park.

Commissions – Complete

2010 – 2011, Bury Council, Sculpture

Sculpture – 121 installations within Whitefield Park and the surrounding area.

Cast Iron and Vitreous Enamel (Various Colours)

2010 – 2011, Sheffield City Council, Street Furniture Furniture

Leaning rail and decorative units for a public realm development at Chaucer Buchanan Square, Sheffield.Stainless Steel and Powder Coated Mild Steel

2010 – 2011, The Lowry – Unlocking  Salford Quays, Salford- Factory Girls - www.thelowryusq.com

Sculpture – Factory Girls – 3 x figures celebrating the heritage of Salford Quays.

Cast Iron and Vitreous Enamel (3 x colours).

2010,PhillimorePark,Sheffield– Sculptural Shelter and Entrance Features

2010,Darnall Park, Sheffield– Earth works, seating and entrance features

Earth works with Corten steel sculptural features for Darnall Park.

The project included development workshops with local youth groups and primary schools.

Cast iron entrance features and sandstone seating for Darnall Park.

A sculptural shelter for Phillimore Park,Sheffield

Involved close collaboration with Sheffield City Councils landscape architecture team.

2010, Southampton LIFT – TheAdelaideHealth Care Centre –Southampton– Sculpture

Sculpture – A large cast iron installation for the entrance of a new NHS health care centre in Southampton.

2009, Building Schools for the Future Project – Silverdale School Sheffield –Taylor Woodrow

Sculpture – sculptural feature for the main atrium space – Linked to the themes of sound, flow and growth

The project involved close collaboration with Beam, HLM Architects and Taylor Woodrow Construction.

2008, Endcliffe Park Playground, Sheffield

Design and fabrication of a 75 metre sculptural boundary to Endcliffe Park Playground

Materials used – galvanised steel and green oak.

The project involved close collaboration with Sheffield City Councils landscape architecture team.

2008, Houghton Hall Park, South Bedfordshire

Sculpture – Design, development and installation of a permanent public art commission for a developing area of Houghton Hall Park. Exploration of space, poetry and regeneration being key themes of the project.

Sculpture – Design, development and installation of a permanent public art commission for a developing area of Houghton Hall Park. Exploration of space, poetry and regeneration being key themes of the project.

2007, Barnsley Civic and Mandela Gardens, Barnsley

Design and development of decorative stainless steel cladding for two small buildings using poetry developed in primary school workshops.

2007, Richard Cobden Primary School, Camden, London

Design, manufacture and installation of a stainless steel, wall mounted relief signage/sculpture

Design, manufacture and installation of oak benches, including stainless steel panel’s acid etched with marks taken from art workshops

2007, Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail, Clitheroe, Lancashire

Design, manufacture and installation of three stainless steel sculptural way markers

2006 ,ScissettMiddle School,Huddersfield

Design, manufacture and installation of two oak benches including stainless steel panel’s acid etched with marks taken from art workshops.

2006, Norfolk Park, Sheffield

Decorative steel panels for a young people’s shelter.

Working with Sheffield Wildlife Trust and young people from the local area.

2005, Common Ground, Nether Edge, Sheffield

Landscaping work

Design, manufacture and installation of two oak benches including stainless steel panel’s acid etched with marks taken from summer art workshops

2004, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Millennium Galleries

Design, production and installation of two stainless steel public seats, including laser cut lettering detail.

Interior version exhibited at ‘Intelligent Design’ exhibition, Sheffield Millennium Galleries, now on permanent display.

Insurance

I hold a current CRB certificate.

I hold Public and Product liability insurance up to £5 million.