Born out of the debris from Sheffields imploding industry, MS&F once plugged in, shook and rattled and dimly illuminated its context.

Born out of the debris from Sheffields imploding industry, MS&F once plugged in, shook and rattled and dimly illuminated its context.

Born out of the debris from Sheffields imploding industry, Factory Act was one of my early attempts to explore my fascination with the decaying industry which was collapsing all over the country due to Thatchers government. This piece incorporated almost imperceptible movement in the coats which were lit by a rescued factory lamp.

A 2.5m square piece which was an evolution of Factory Act.
Plaster, board, motors, lamp,

Installation.
Abandoned wood shop, found objects, rescued industrial lighting and a great deal of fine wood dust.

Installation.
Abandoned wood shop, found objects, rescued industrial lighting and a great deal of fine wood dust.
This space was kindly lent to me by Charlie Garrard and the late Shelagh Cluett.

Installation.
Abandoned wood shop, found objects, rescued industrial lighting and a great deal of fine wood dust.
This space was kindly lent to me by Charlie Garrard and the late Shelagh Cluett. It resulted in a bizarre opening where everyone who attended had to enter via a ladder from outside as there were no stairs.

From a series of buildings imagined in the winter of 1990/91 mainly from a trip to Italy but also very much inhaled from my upbringing.

From a series of buildings imagined in the winter of 1990/91 mainly from a trip to Italy but also very much inhaled from my upbringing.

From a series of buildings imagined in the winter of 1990/91 mainly from a trip to Italy but also very much inhaled from my upbringing.

From a series of buildings imagined in the winter of 1990/91 mainly from a trip to Italy but also very much inhaled from my upbringing.

From a series of buildings imagined in the winter of 1990/91 mainly from a trip to Italy but also very much inhaled from my upbringing. This one gained from a parallel facination with Japanese temple architecture and its relationship with the weather.

Among the first images I created on a Mac, I was using Photoshop 3 and after hours of working on an idea I could look forward to an equal amount of time for it to render.

Demolished shortly after i took the original photographs, this cottage was the inspiration for some of my earliest experiments in the rapidly evolving Photoshop.

Ideas for a full size installation disappeared as this this cottage was knocked down shortly after i took the source photos.

A early Photoshop sketch Sutton On Sea. Building now demolished. When memory was expensive.

An early experiment with Macromedia Director & Extreme 3D, this is based on an arial shot of my cousins farm in Cumbria.

Lead House 1999 A lead sculpture that became a photograph that decided it was a painting all along