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Celestia Ascendens - SOLD

Carrara marble 121 x 43 x 45cm

A beautiful heartfelt commission seen here in the making.

The soul rising Celestia Ascendens is an invocation of light - lifting toward the celestial, yet memories set in stone still rooted here on earth.

Whisper

Translucent Alabaster 36 x 20 x18cm mounted on a slate base giving a height of 45cm 

Unknowingly shaped by the lily I fall asleep gazing at each night, Whisper carries the softness of a flower in stone.

Timeless

Portland Fossilized Grove 80 x 23 x 17cm

Presented on a Portland and slate plinth making the total height 122c

A simple silhouette of the feminine. The timeless beauty of the stone speaks through the fossils and so-called imperfections - which add character to the piece. A lesson for me to accept my imperfections!

Sublime

Carved from Portland Stone Height 135 x 58 x 56cm

The third in a series of giant heads.

A beauty beyond gender. Neither man nor woman, but an essence. Sublime was born to teach me to let go of control, and find peace with inner polarity.

Wild - SOLD

Carved from Portland Whitbread Height 155 x 120 x 60cm

The second of three giant feminine faces.

Untamed and true -the wild spirit captured in a pause. Carved just after ‘Wisdom’, later I found Yoko Ono’s words: “You can be very wild but still be very wise.”

Wisdom - SOLD

Carved from Portland Grove Height 195 x 100 x 80cm

The first of my giant heads carved from a boulder of fossilised stone.

The fossils within this stone felt like echoes of time itself - a reminder of earth’s timeless wisdom and the quiet strength and wisdom of the feminine.

Poised

Carved from Portland Whitbread Stone. 150 x 30 x 30cm

Created in a season of both care and grief, Poised stands between holding on and letting go - a quiet strength found in waiting.

Presence - SOLD

Carved from Portland Whitbread Height 155 x 32 x 30cm

From a series where the head was ‘not needed’ -the posture alone tells the story. A sculpture about simply being - holding one’s sovereignty.

Sassy - SOLD

Carrara Marble. 50 x 22 x 18cm

Another in the scoop series, where the gesture speaks for itself. Sassy honours the bold, lively charm of the feminine -a spirit so often judged, yet worthy of respect.

Sophia - SOLD

Carrara Marble on a Portuguese marble base. 92 x 20 x 16cm - with base 130cm high

The quiet grace of wisdom embodied. Sophia holds a presence both tender and timeless -the feminine seen as an inner knowing.

Mother Wave - SOLD

Carrara Marble. 92 x 26 x 18cm

The ocean’s pulse in stone - fluid strength and maternal embrace, a wave caught in stillness.

Efflorescence

Portuguese Molianos Stone. 50 x 30 x 50cm (presented on a slate base)

She began as a bud, but opened into something deeper -a yoni. A reminder of the body as holy ground, ready to blossom without apology.

Freedom

Semi Relief in Purbeck Stone mounted on a steel base. 140 x 100 x 50cm

Carved from a large boulder, hard and unyielding. Yet Freedom emerged with strength, carrying the heart’s longing for wildness and sovereignty.

Pearl - SOLD

Translucent Alabaster from the Aragon region. 21 x 27 x 23cm

Delicate and luminous, Pearl began as a bud and slowly unfolded in form. Carved from translucent stone, her petite curves catch the light like petals half-open -holding both fragility and quiet strength.

Anja - SOLD

Portland Stone. 60 x 27 x 24cm

Carved from a raw and weathered boulder of Portland stone, the softness and tenderness of the face contrasted beautifully. Finding the beauty skin deep.

Relique - SOLD

Translucent Alabaster mounted on a decorative wrought iron base. 43 x 34 x 13cm (72 x 60 x 70cm with plinth)

A relic of the past - weathered and battered, yet already holding such beauty before I even began. It only needed the simplest design, almost like an emblem revealed.

New Life - SOLD

Semi Relief in Fossilised Portland Stone. Mounted with stone plinth 155 x 65 x 35cm.

One of my earlier works, a tender unfurling. She reminded me of a nymph - a spirit of nature.

Tears of Gaia - SOLD

Atlas Soapstone Stone. 39cm height- with oak plinth 69 x 19.5 x 19cm

I feel deeply for nature and this precious planet. This piece arrived organically -the tear, the face -grief and grace carved into form.

If you would like to see some the stages of creation of a selection of my works, please read my blog page on ‘The Process’

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