Author Archives: nicky

Big Boots

In mid July I was contacted by Clare who works for the NHS Borders.  They are trying to raise money to build a respite unit at the Borders General Hospital, near Edinburgh. A nurse called Margaret Kerr had left £500,000 … Continue reading

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‘We’re All Mad Here’

Talk about all or nothing.  I don’t do a blog for months, then do two at once. Never mind, you don’t have to read both together. I have just finished the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party sculptures for Burton Constable Hall … Continue reading

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Me in a book

Early last year I was contacted by a brilliant photographer called Derek Reay (www.derekreayphotography.co.uk).  He was compiling a book on a variety of different artists and craftspeople from around the country, the money for which was to be donated to … Continue reading

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Marlin

Marlin covered in layers of newspaper and paper pulp I have been asked to make a marlin to go on a friend’s wall of their summer house. I started with a template in cardboard and gradually built it up with … Continue reading

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