The first bonfire sculpture - a huge learning curve! The bonfire had for a number of years been made from pallets. I had been for sometime looking at it thinking I could do something with those! So started the bonfire sculptures.

'Victory' built to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar

'St. George and the Dragon'. One of the most popular fires I've built. Created around something I saw the year before - the foremast on "Victory" acted as a chimney and vented a jet of smoke through it, I tried to do the same with the dragons mouth - worked very briefly, unfortunately the fire burnt the tubing almost as soon as it started.
The wings on the dragon came from the soon to be demolished empty premises of PB fencing.

'Wizard' - I was trying to create several effects with this bonfire. Smoke vented out through the outstretched hand, a skull mounted onto a central point and had a small fixed fan built into the top, which we hoped would be forced to revolve when the hot gas and smoke rose through it and he had hair that would stand on end as it burnt. Safe to say the effects didn't quite go to plan, an extremely spectacular bonfire none-the-less!

1st World War Memorial. Every Sunday after the East Hoathly Carnival the members get up before dawn to clean the streets ready for the Remembrance Sunday Parade. Which they join and attend the service at the village church. This sculpture was inspired by and designed whilst listening to our parish priest's sermon of 2007.

This week end saw the start of East Hoathly's bonfire sculpture. Taking the nation's response to the 100 years since the beginning of World War one

The incomparable Jim Holden came down and took a few photos of the final day of the bonfire sculpture build of 2016 yesterday:

Bonfire Sculpture for East Hoathly Carnival -10th November 2012

A very wet bonfire site greeted us on Saturday- it has never been this wet before we've started- often this wet during and after but never before- it is going to be soggy build for this years East Hoathly Carnival's Bonfire Sculpture.

A blogged progress on the building of this years bonfire sculpture. Built s part of the village of East Hoathly, East Sussex's celebrations.

Busy sorting out the workshop ready for the Open Studio at the end of the month.

I am pleased to announce - as part of Chiddingly Artists Open Houses- my "Open Studio" on the weekends of 29th & 30th of September and the 6th & 7th of October.

Announcing my latest Open Studio!

Day Five of the Diamond Jubilee Beacon East Hoathly starts under sparkling blue skies.

Incredibly hot start to day 6 of the build.

Day 7- Not to many people out helping today, and the weather's not a patch on last weekend!

Going to keep a blog of this years East Hoathly bonfire sculpture progress.

Photos of East Hoathly's Jubilee celebrations June the 4th 2012.

My latest engraving Hunting Low which should be unveiled at my annual Open Studio, part of Chiddingly festival's Artist Open Studios.

I am pleased to announce my first "Open Studio" on the weekends of 24th & 25th of September and the 1st & 2nd of October.