Starling suspended sculpture with curved and looped branches
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials with wabi sabi influence. Hammered aluminium band. Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope on nylon rod. Beehive wire. Stacked CDs. Suspended on curved and looped stainless steel branches.
Starling plant-mobile by a sunlit window
Sunlight defining the matt smoothness of the vessels, the textures of the frames and shiny curves of the stainless steel.
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Hammered aluminium band. Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope on nylon rod. Beehive wire. Stacked CDs. Suspended on curved and looped stainless steel branches.
Starling plant-mobile with curved and looped branches
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Hammered aluminium band. Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope on nylon rod. Beehive wire. Stacked CDs. Suspended on curved and looped stainless steel branches.
Detail of Starling
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Beehive wire frame (removed from supers during Spring refresh of beehive). Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Suspended on curved and looped stainless steel branches.
Detail of Starling with CDs frame
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Blue frame made with stacked CDs, cut and rivetted with copper. Suspended on a curved and looped stainless steel branch.
Detail of Starling with nylon and searope frames
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope (collected beach detritus from fishing) on nylon rod. Suspended on a curved and looped stainless steel branch.
Starling plant-mobile
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Hammered aluminium band. Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope on nylon rod. Beehive wire. Stacked CDs. Suspended on curved stainless steel branches.
Overview of Starling plant-mobile
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Hammered aluminium band. Textured aluminium disc. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts (from my jewellery-making past). Woven fishing rope around nylon rod. Beehive wire. Stacked CDs. Suspended on curved stainless steel branches.
Skylark plant-mobile sculpture
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Cut and sanded frame made with layered blue CDs. Woven wire removed from beehive supers. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts from my jewellery making past. Suspended on curved stainless steel branches.
Skylark plant-mobile sculpture
Moulded paperpulp vessels held in frames made with upcycled materials. Cut and sanded frame made with layered blue CDs. Woven wire removed from beehive supers. Screenprinted text on nylon offcuts from my jewellery making past. Suspended on curved stainless steel branches. With succulent plants.
Nightingale plant-mobile
Two moulded paper pulp vessels suspended as a plant mobile. Vessels held in frames handmade from recycled, repurposed and upcycled materials: a four CDs thick frame, and woven wire from beehive supers. Suspended from a curving stainless steel branch.
Cuckoo with plant and flowers
Single moulded paper pulp vessel suspended with a kittiwake small vase. The vessel is held in a frame handmade from four repurposed CDs, layered with mixed transparent and reflective surfaces giving a matt purple colour. The Kittiwake vase frame made with the inner section of the CDs which was removed to fit the vessel. Suspended from a curving stainless steel branch. The vessel and the glass vial can be lifted from the frames.
Close detail of Cuckoo with plant and flowers
Single moulded paper pulp vessel suspended with a kittiwake small vase. The vessel is held in a frame handmade from four repurposed CDs, layered with mixed transparent and reflective surfaces giving a matt purple colour. The Kittiwake vase frame made with the inner section of the CDs which was removed to fit the vessel. Suspended from a curving stainless steel branch. The vessel and the glass vial can be lifted from the frames.
Merlin plant-mobile
Moulded paperpulp vessel held in a frame made with repurposed materials. Woven wire taken from beehive supers (they are refreshed in the spring). Suspended with stainless steel wirerope.
Kittiwake vase
Large glass test tube held in frame made from CDs plastic, the inner section removed when making the frame for the paper pulp vessel frame.
Kittiwake vase with purple frame
Large glass test tube held in frame made from CDs plastic, the inner section removed when making the frame for the paper pulp vessel frame.
Kittiwake vases trio
These Kittiwake vases have stacked CDs frames. These have been made using the inner sections removed when making the CDs frames for the paper pulp vessels. The glass vials can be lifted from the frames. The vases are suspended from curving stainless steel branches.
Detail of Kittiwake vases trio
These Kittiwake vases have stacked CDs frames. These have been made using the inner sections removed when making the CDs frames for the paper pulp vessels. The glass vials can be lifted from the frames. The vases are suspended from curving stainless steel branches.