At the end of 2021 I spent two days by Loch Awe installing a bespoke tiled fireplace in the dining room of an extraordinary building designed by Denizen Works. The design brief looked for a response to decorative details in the main dining table by designer, Gregor Jenkin and a materials pallet of polished plaster […]
Imbrication
Imbrication, in collaboration with digital artist Sam Healy. Co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland. “Motifs from the realm of decorative art and design dance and evolve on screen, tracing a journey from the ancient, analogue and physical, to the modern, digital and abstract. Craft techniques […]
Collection | Kirkcaldy Patterns i
Collection|Kirkcaldy Patterns i, is now installed in the Edinburgh Hematology Centre as part of a curated scheme of works commissioned by Edinburgh & Lothian Health Foundation and Round Table Projects. The work explores the industrial heritage of the Firth of Forth, through research into museum collections and archives relating to the prolific heritage of Kirkcaldy, […]
The Tiled Corridor
The Tiled Corridor is an Edinburgh Lothian Health Foundation commission for The Royal Edinburgh Hospital, an NHS hospital specialising in mental health. I have designed and created the work in collaboration with tile manufacturers Craven Dunnill Jackfield. The concept for the commission recalls a golden era in decorative tile use, responding to historical research into two […]
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital – Children’s Department
A collection of vinyl wall panels, designed in response to a residency at Yorkhill Children’s Hospital in 2013, have now been installed in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Children’s Department. This work forms part of a wider scheme of commissions lead by Ginkgo. A conference to mark the completion of the project will be held […]
Western General Hospital Breast Unit – Tulips
I am pleased to present a commission for the recently refurbished Western General Hospital Breast Unit Outpatient Waiting Room. The work has been conceived in response to a collection of prints by Elizabeth Blackadder which will also hang in the waiting room. A reception to celebrate the completion of the work is being held on […]
Pandora’s Light Box
A commission from Artlink Edinburgh & The Lothians to contribute to a collaborative project involving artists and visually impaired participants. The project combined poetry, sound and objects to create and present an audio description of the gallery spaces at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh. Participants worked with poet Ken Cockburn to develop the descriptive […]
Shift
A private commission for a terrace space in Edinburgh. The work is based on ideas developed for the exhibition Surface & Shape Installation, fixtures and fittings were undertaken by Steve Dale Photography: Shannon Tofts
Cumbernauld Underpass Project
A commission for North Lanarkshire Council to develop an artwork for the Eastfield Underpass at Auchinbee Way, Cumbernauld in collaboration with local primary school children. Primary 7 classes from St Andrews, Cumbernauld and Eastfield Primary Schools developed pattern designs in response to handling pieces of my own work and exploring images of decorated buildings from […]