I am a puppeteer, animator and model maker currently based on the mainland of Orkney where I was brought up. I specialised in illustration at Glasgow School of Art and now work mainly in 3D with recent projects including elements of puppetry, stop frame animation and kinetic sculpture.
Taking inspiration from the small and the everyday, I enjoy making something special out of the mundane, telling stories and making odd contraptions to capture peoples imaginations in weird and silly ways. This love of the little things often comes across in my sculptures, the small and intricate characters, miniature sets, props and delicate objects usually requiring the viewer to get up close, explore and interact with my work.
In recent years the wildlife and natural environment of Scotland has featured heavily in my work. Following a residency working with Palaeontologists in Skye, I made a short film ‘Projections’ inspired by Skye’s Mid Jurassic fossils. This involved mixing live shadow puppetry with stop frame animation, a technique which has fed into my more recent work based around Orkneys sea birds and marine life and is a way of working that I intend to explore in future projects.
I am available for commissions and creative collaborations so please don't hesitate to get in touch.