About

I am a Scottish artist, creating from my studio in the heart of Scotland, UK.

For over a decade I have been exploring the transformative potential of recycled aluminium, turning discarded materials into striking and recognisable works of art.

Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

These recycled metal artworks are now collected worldwide.

Resonating with art lovers & collectors who value creativity, sustainability, and one of a kind contemporary design.

Artist Statement

I create sculptural artworks from reclaimed aluminium, transforming fleeting moments of consumption into enduring objects of rare beauty. Each piece is a unique singular work, made for collectors who value not only sustainability and craftsmanship but the art of owning something no one else has.

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Background

Growing up, I was close to my grandad and even back then in the 1990’s he was big into reusing and recycling everything. This had a big influence on me and I feel this was unconsciously nurturing my inner creativity.

He would pick up items while we walked along the street, take them home, repair them, or turn them into something else. Each year older and without him, I realise how much of an influence he had on me.

I’ve suffered from a neurological vestibular condition for over 20 years now. One night in 2012 while feeling dizzy and struggling with visual disturbance, I tripped over a stack of empty silver coke cans on the floor which were ready to be thrown out. The way my eyes processed the silver reflecting the light, it was creating strange spiralling shifting shapes. In my mind it’s as if the material was presenting itself to me and this made me think more about the materials potential and later on see that it had value of a different kind.

I was bullied in my younger years and so this effected my schooling attendance alot which only led to punishment instead of support. I was always told I would never make it in the world being so quiet and introverted “why can’t you be like everyone else” the staff would say. Having had a lifelong passion for animals & nature my work tends to feature subjects in this vein, including creatures who are overlooked or endangered. I have also been known to make portraits of famous faces & music icons.

My hope is that these artworks shine a light on how we are treating the environment we live in and disrupt our throwaway culture.

My focus is to make work that surprises and excites me before anything else.

On a personal level my works are transforming instability in my health into creation, my anxiety into focus and ordinary discarded objects into extraordinary works of art. There is something in these works that mirrors my own journey of transformation.