In June this year we were contacted by the producers of the BBC series Make It At Mkt. Ian was asked if he would become a mentor/expert on the show to help up and coming metal artists make their way into the world of exhibiting and selling their work making a career from their hobbies.
Ian has been filming through the summer for this project, working alongside Dominic Chinea (presenter) who is also from The Repair shop, as well as a selection of other extremely talented mentors in their own individual fields.
Series 2 is now complete and will be shown on BBC 1 on 27th November 2023 at 4.30pm. The programme runs 3 weeks leading up to Christmas.

Migration and Draglin Dragons will soon be on their way again to Tasmaina. This customer has already some Dragons from before lock down and these have been long over due for their flight to join the others.

CPRE Award Ceremony, CPRE meaning Campaign To Protect Rural England, which we were invited to for the commission NEST by The Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge, (More news about this commission please see back to January 2022 news info) We received a certificate in recognition of the key role in this project, and was very proud to be receiving this. Slimbridge Primary School along with The Wetlands Trust and Gloucestershire Highways and Stroud District Council also got a certificate as we all worked alongside each other on this project.

Another road trip this year, but this time up to Pitlochry. Another part of the country we have never travelled to, and will definitely be heading back, lovely part of the world, even stopped off at Loch Ness (and no we never saw Nessie!). Our client had some sculptures commissioned from us at Hampton Court and some water sculptures from a few years back from us which were never installed as they had moved, so we had 3 Water Sculptures to install and a Dragons Eye along with a Fallen Leaf. Had a lovely time again socialising with our clients and stayed in a lovely shepherd’s hut on top of the rolling hills looking down at Pitlochry.

We are exhibiting at, Sculpture at Beaulieu, which runs from 17th June to 24th September. We have a collection of various sculptures in different locations in the grounds of Beaulieu. The sculptures will be as follows: A set of 3 Traingulums, which will be hanging in a tree and gently sounding like church bells! these are proving to be a very popular design! A set of 3 Corten Make A Wish Panels, Our bestselling bird bath the Oasis with its sleek contemporary design which looks stunning in the formal gardens at Beaulie Palace, A kinetic sculpture called Fallen Leaves which are made from corten and is a series of giant oak leaves that are hanging in the tree and then have randomly fallen on the ground.

This installation was completed for a commission that was a surprise birthday gift for one of our clients. They had previously seen this sculpture at Le Manoir in Oxfordshire.
The Giant Bulrush & Reed Sculpture took some time to install in the client’s lake, and required a telehandler to install onto the platform in the lake. All went well with a very happy customer. The sculpture weighed approx. 1 tonne and took 4 people to install over the course of 2 days.

Chelsea Flower Show once again. Some new pieces of work we have been working on! 5 Gold Stars won, very happy. The Lotus Leaf Water Sculpture is a one off and we made one similar a few years back and decided it was time to make another. Lots of interest as well.
Thank you to all our old and new clients who made a passing visit to say hello.

This commission for our client was a birthday gift and finally got to install just before Christmas. The Peacock Sculpture now sits proudly on their wall in their stunning garden (we were also pleased to see some of our other sculptures in the garden!)

This month we did a temporary installation of our Giant Bulrush and Dragonfly for a short time at Baumber Walled Garden in Lincs. This place is so worth a visit.