Plans for this year
The ‘What is Precious?’ Design Nation showcase which took place at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in October is expanding into a full exhibition. It will take place at New Ashgate Gallery in the Craft Town of Farnham from 2nd May to 28th June 2025. My participation is confirmed and further details will appear here.
My proposal for a sculptural installation for Wighton25: Site/Sight exhibition at Wighton church has been accepted. The annual exhibition is organised by the North Norfolk Exhibition Project (NNEP) and takes place 3rd July to 3rd August 2025. More information to follow.
Events and Exhibitions
Design Nation Showcase, "What is Precious?" at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF)
Balanced-Earth participated in the Design Nation Showcase, “What is Precious?” at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF) in October 2024.
I have been participating in the Design Nation “Sustainability & Ethical Practice” group for two years. This showcase has arisen from the group, although not all members are able to take part.
Eight members of the group identify their works with the question asked of the showcase, “What is Precious?”
‘Nurture’ An Exhibition by East Anglian based Design Nation Members
Design Nation is the leading membership portfolio for contemporary craft and design in the UK. The East Anglian group hub was formed in 2020, and connects makers working from their studios in Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk. Having met frequently over zoom for the past four years, six members have come together to exhibit their work. ‘Nurture’ encapsulates an exploration of each maker’s connections with their local environment.
July 2024, designermakers21, Diss, South Norfolk.
Planted-Country, June 2023
Balanced-Earth took part in Planted Country at National Trust Stourhead. Three days of nature-based sustainable design. I needed to remain on my stand, so was unable to attend the talks. However they are available on the Planted website. Click here.
My space at Craft in Focus RHS Garden Hyde Hall in August 2022. Displaying the suspended, wall-mounted and free-standing sculptural forms with plants.
Balanced-Earth’s Hawfinch and Linnet, two of the wall-mounted sculptural plant-mobiles were part of “Curated by Dan Goode” at Chelsea Old Town Hall for Handmade Chelsea the Contemporary Craft and Design Fair in November 2021.
Other News
The Balanced-Earth Starling kinetic sculpture and three Curlews were included in the Rising Stars exhibition at the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham, Surrey, in 2022.
Rising Stars is a platform to champion the most exciting new craft, design and applied arts.
Twenty makers of diverse backgrounds were selected for the exhibition by a panel of craft professionals, focusing on potential and talent
In 2017 I made a sculpture, Nest of Hope, it was exhibited in the Raveningham Sculpture Trail (later that year, the idea for Balanced-Earth began). During the grimness of shielding I was contacted by the publisher, Amber Lotus, as they wished to include this image in their calendar for 2022. 
A great boost to be included with eleven fabulous sculptures from artists around the world!
The sculpture was part of a socially-engaged community project I had devised, called, “Hope Calling”, about climate change. You can find out more about this and my other sculptures before Balanced-Earth on Axisweb.
