'Bulb' 6 months later

This sculpture is really improving with the elements. It still also feels remarkably smooth. A very nice thing to touch and look at.

RHS Show Tatton Park

Thanks to all the gardens that supported this collaborative project, without them we would have very different results.
The idea of this sculpture is that it embodies the the way in which we both work in the most simplistic manner. Justine is currently working with negative space and high- lighting negative space. I wanted to cut the wood as simply as could be and get a really nice smooth finish.
These small pieces were then put together by us to create shapes and forms that reacted to the garden they were in.
You can see more at www.cookandramchurn.blogspot.com

The Collaborative process

This collaboration has been worked on pretty much through email, blog and telephone. I have removed some images as they were part of a conversation that Justine and myself were having, I have left some relics so you can see how we worked (the text below would normally result in an email or phone call from Justine).

We will continue to collaborate and you can see this progress plus the full works at Tatton by visiting www.cookandramchurn.blogspot.com

RHS Show Tatton park Preparation

Working in collaboration with artist Justine Cook we will be making something for the RHS show at Tatton. Here are some ideas, the smaller sculpture on it's own would be part of a set of three but I'm still not sure if they would be strong enough in that huge environment to hold their own. It may be better to do something with the wood slices, hmm Justine I hand over to you...