Lot 1
I Weep For Nature
burnt oak, stained lime wood and stainless steel
2020
100cm high by 73cm wide by 40cm deep
***TO BE AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY***
Made for the sculpture challenge on Handmade : Britain’s Best Woodworker, a reality
television…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 October 2022
, 15:14 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:14 BST
Lot 2
Autumn Flame
oiled spruce, gilded poplar and burnt oak
2021
137cm high by 62cm wide by 33cm deep
“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never seen them dancing on a windy day”
Shira Tamir
For most of the year, I
work outdoors in the middle of ancient woodland, and as summer turns to…
Estimate: £3,000 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:16 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:16 BST
Lot 3
Bud
bath stone on a chocolate lacquered timber base
2018
32cm high by 19.5cm wide by 29cm deep
It seems only
appropriate that one of my first pieces of carved stone should be such a potent…
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
3 October 2022
, 15:18 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:18 BST
Lot 4
Entwined Forms
cenerino rosso alabaster on an acrylic base
2019
31cm high by 19cm wide by 13cm deep
Two forms wind around
each other in a sinuous embrace – separate entities coming together as one as…
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:20 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:20 BST
Lot 5
Flow
ebonised ash on sandstone base with lacquered lime and perspex details
2017
88cm high by135cm wide by 30cm deep
In 1975, the
psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi identified the state of ‘Flow’, where
complete…
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:22 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:22 BST
Lot 6
Great Ball of Fire
lacquered lime wood and illuminated rock crystal on a leather-wrapped steel base
2021
104cm high by 75cm wide by 34cm deep
“I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps Oh look at that! Then – whoosh, and I’m gone… and they’ll never see anything like it again… and they won’t be able to forget me – ever”
Jim Morrison
I started this piece in
2017 – full of over-ambition, and way out of my depth. I had had such a…
Estimate: £4,000 - £5,000
3 October 2022
, 15:24 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:24 BST
Lot 7
Growth
ash, stained, waxed and parcel gilt
2019
106cm high by16cm wide by 15cm deep
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This piece was made
from an ash branch that fell in the garden and is an exercise in breathing
life…
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:26 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:26 BST
Lot 8
It Comes From Within
burnt and oiled oak and gilded spruce
2020
57cm high by 39cm wide by 31cm deep
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” - Kahil Gibran
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart”
Kahil Gibran
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:28 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:28 BST
Lot 9
Mother and Child
parcel gilt and ebonised lime wood
2018
50cm high by 13.5cm wide by 12cm deep
We spring from our mothers; nurtured and
protected by their embrace; our stories interwoven as our…
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:30 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:30 BST
Lot 10
Self Portrait
Portland stone
2019
28cm high by 18cm wide by 17cm deep
“A complete human being is an equilibrium between the masculine and feminine”
Sadhguru
Female and male are
united and balanced in a single form - each simultaneously supporting and…
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:32 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:32 BST
Lot 11
Sentinel
oiled ash on a burnt oak base
2021
274cm high by 55cm wide by 48cm deep
Carved from half of an
enormous ash branch that fell in our garden (the other half went to make…
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500
3 October 2022
, 15:34 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:34 BST
Lot 12
Spirit of Motion 1
lime wood
2020
26cm high by 20cm wide by 10cm deep
The first in a series
of five pieces carved from identical blocks of lime wood. Starting with the…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
3 October 2022
, 15:36 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:36 BST
Lot 13
Spirit of Motion 2
lime wood
2020
26cm high by 20cm wide by 10cm deep
The second in a series
of five pieces carved from identical blocks of lime wood. Starting with the…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
3 October 2022
, 15:38 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:38 BST
Lot 14
Spirit of Motion 3
lime wood
2020
26cm high by 20cm wide by 10cm deep
The third in a series
of five pieces carved from identical blocks of lime wood. Starting with the…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
3 October 2022
, 15:40 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:40 BST
Lot 15
Spirit of Motion 4
lime wood
2020
26cm high by 20cm wide by 10cm deep
The fourth in a series
of five pieces carved from identical blocks of lime wood. Starting with the…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
3 October 2022
, 15:42 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:42 BST
Lot 16
Spirit of Motion 5
lime wood
2020
26cm high by 20cm wide by 10cm deep
The last in a series of
five pieces carved from identical blocks of lime wood. Starting with the…
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
3 October 2022
, 15:44 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:44 BST
Lot 17
Standing Stone
painted sandstone and pine
2019
60cm high by 17.5cm wide by 13cm deep
Throughout history mankind has decorated rocks with symbols and pictograms, each creator imparting…
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
3 October 2022
, 15:46 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:46 BST
Lot 18
The Opportunist
lacquered resin and stained and waxed ash on a burnt and oiled oak base
2021
175cm high by 60cm wide by 30cm deep
Sometimes, no matter
how off balance you feel, you just have to reach out and grab an opportunity…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
3 October 2022
, 15:48 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:48 BST
Lot 19
The Perfectionist
cenerino grigio alabaster, reclaimed oak and resin with painted details
2020
32cm high by 76cm wide by 14cm deep
In a world where
instant gratification and pandering to the lowest common denominator is
accepted…
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:50 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:50 BST
Lot 20
The Untold Secret
ironstone
2019
39cm high by 27cm wide by 21cm deep
An untold secret is a
lumpen thing: it weighs you down, while simultaneously putting you off…
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:52 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:52 BST
Lot 21
Vessel
ebonised lime wood and red jade
2017
22cm high by 25cm wide by 30cm deep
Starting with a block
of wood with offset pentagons drawn on each of the opposite faces, this…
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:54 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:54 BST
Lot 22
With a Little Help From My Friends
stained and parcel gilt lime on a burnt oak base
2021
85cm high by 35cm wide by 13cm deep
Recycled from a board
that had previously been used as a counter top in a friend’s mobile bar. It…
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:56 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:56 BST
Lot 23
Woodland Spirit
oiled ash on a sycamore base
2021
220cm high by 60cm wide by 43cm deep
Carved from half of an
enormous ash branch that fell in our garden (the other half went to make…
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
3 October 2022
, 15:58 BST
3 October 2022
, 15:58 BST
Lot 24
Helicoil (A triumph of vision over reality)
ancaster stone
2018
64cm high by 31cm wide by 14cm deep
About five minutes into
carving this piece, I managed to snap the top off the wedge-shaped block of…
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
3 October 2022
, 16:00 BST
3 October 2022
, 16:00 BST