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MEET OUR SCULPTORS 2025

Welcome to the Leeds Castle Sculpture Trail 2025.

Scan the QR code on the plaque to find out more about the Sculptor & their creations.

Alison Catchlove

After graduating with a degree in Fine Art: Sculpture Alison now specialises in metalwork, creating sculptures inspired by nature and wildlife. She is particularly known for her intricate and often comical birds.

Working from her studio in the Surrey Hills, Alison uses fairly basic tools to cut, hammer and weld sheet steel to create her sculptures. Often cutting large sheets into hundreds of tiny pieces before welding them together to form the finished sculpture. The sculptures are then galvanised and painted bright colours to bring them to life and to add a sense of humour and quirkiness.

Andre Masters & CJ Munn

André Masters & CJ Munn first connected on the Internet in 2003 through a shared love of lifecasting and sculpture when they were irresistibly drawn to photographs of each other’s work. What began as a passion for the creative arts and a fascination with the making process grew into a loving partnership that would flourish both in and out of the studio.

Christopher Pike

Working from his Hampshire studio in the South Downs, Christopher Pike’s practice centres on creating bold, contemporary sculptures and functional architectural installations that harmonise with natural surroundings. Drawing inspiration from organic and geometric patterns—such as growth rings and landscape contours— his work reveals the dynamic dialogue between natural processes and refined design. Christopher’s passion for craftsmanship was first ignited in his education, leading to a degree in Fine Art from UCA Farnham and a subsequent career as a sculptor. His work is exhibited in galleries in London and across the UK.

Collaborating with clients, Christopher creates bespoke works that enhance outdoor and architectural spaces. By using locally sourced and natural materials, he ensures that each piece enriches its environment both visually and experientially but also respects and supports its environment. His craftsmanship blends precise structural elements with the beauty of natural surfaces, utilising techniques like charring and abrasive washing. Christopher’s sculptures promote reflection and connection, offering sustainable art that honours the environment through thoughtful design.

David Gisby

David Gisby studied fine art at Ashford School of Art and Design after which he spent 7 years as a stained glass conservator, rebuilding stained glass panels from across the South East of England.

He is a qualified welder specialising in multiple materials. He uses these skills to create metal and glass sculptural pieces, that allow leaded glass to be enjoyed without the necessity and limitations of a traditional window. He utilizes a mix of new and reclaimed metal and glass to create works that respond to and celebrate the beauty of the materials.

Diane MacLean

Diane Maclean is a sculptor and environmental artist. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK and around the world and many of her sculptures are held in public and private collections.

She works predominantly in stainless steel, using the effects of natural light and wind, often on a large scale. In fabricating her sculptures she works with engineers. The partnership brings art and engineering together and ensures her imaginative projects are completed to the highest standards of quality and durability.

Emily Stone

Emily Stone creates her Copper Creatures from her workshop near Dover in Kent. In 2001 she started sculpting full-time, and since then she has exhibited widely in galleries and gardens around Britain. She has shown her work at Fire and Iron Gallery at Leatherhead, Savill Gardens in Windsor Great Park, Pashley Manor on the Kent-Sussex border and Delamore Arts in Devon. Most recently her elephant sculpture was at RHS Chelsea Flower Show with the No Name Nursery, where the stand was awarded a Gold medal.

Emily recycles copper hot water tanks, plumbing pipes and electrical cables to create her sculptures. She enjoys giving new creative life to formerly functional objects. Her sculptures are inspired by nature and capture the essence of the subjects, from lumbering elephants to tiny mice and delicate or flamboyant flowers. She creates sculptures that have a relationship with their surroundings, whether it’s a heron stalking the fish in a pond or an intricate vine heart filling a previously uninteresting space on a wall. Her sculptures will age beautifully in a garden setting because unlike steel, copper doesn’t rust. Emily loves to make art that makes you smile.

Gavin Roweth

After going to art colleges during the 1980’s Gavin was able to return to sculpting full time 2o years ago.
Workshops on The Isle of Portland convinced him that the local limestone was his preferred medium, the stone’s dense structure enables the carving of fine lines and textural variation, and the creamy white brilliant colour gives the stone a superb light reflective quality.

‘The age of stone and its constance in our history have developed into a deep relationship between us. Since we first shaped and utilised it, to carving it for pleasure, we have relied on and appreciated the stone around us. Working with stone connects us to the story of the Earth stretching back over hundreds of millions of years.’

Gavin initially carved figurative sculpture, but he now creates abstract forms, on a large scale for gardens and open spaces as well as smaller pieces for indoors.
His sculptures have been purchased by collectors from China and America along with Europe and the UK.

Ian Marlow

Nature and natural forms inspire Ian’s work and this gives his sculptures their universal appeal.

In nature, surface can be an important part of the form, helping to define its purpose, and his sculptures reflect this, from the very fine texture he adds to the stainless steel to the bolder finish he applies to his bronze works.

A member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, Ian exhibits widely and is regularly commissioned by corporate and public bodies as well as many private clients.

Jennifer Harrison

Jennifer Harrison is a ceramic artist whose work is inspired by the forms, textures and characteristics of nature. working with hand-built and wheel-thrown stoneware, she creates organic sculptures and functional pieces that showcase the natural qualities and beauty of the clay.

Based in Kent, Jennifer strives to create pieces that bring people personal connection and joy.

Jenny Wynne-Jones (1931 – 2022)

Jenny Wynne-Jones (1931-2022) trained at Bromley and Portsmouth Colleges of Art, and also took a post-graduate diploma at London University. After her large family grew up and having done some teaching, she was able to take up sculpture full time. She lived in Dartmouth, Devon.

Jenny exhibited at over 20 galleries and stately gardens throughout the South of England, including the Royal West of England Academy and The Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Gallery, London. Her work has been commissioned or sold for gardens in Austria, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, America and of course Britain.

Jenny modelled her work in clay and then had it cast in resin or bronze resin making it suitable for interior and exterior display.

Many of her pieces were based on her children and grandchildren.

Jenny’s work has a feeling of tranquillity, spirituality and beauty. Her female heads, nudes and figures of children would enhance any garden setting, creating a focal point where needed.

Kate Woodlock

Kate has spent many years sculpting commercially for the film, model-making and collectibles industries, before reaching out on her own to explore all aspects initially of the equine form, then exploring other animal subjects. The tiger head and the lioness head shown here are part of that sequence.

Her studio in Kent is full of projects and possibilities, and continues to produce high quality animal based artworks capturing the spirit and essence of the subject.

Malcolm West

Malcolm has been a professional artist for over 40 years, having graduated from art college with honours. His work is inspired by dance an mythology. Where he endeavours to produce work of elegance, grace and beauty with a sincere reflection of movment, proportion and anatomy.

He works in many different formats – Sculpture, Painting, Drawing and even Jelly Belly Beans. Which can be seen on his webstie- malcolmwestartdesign.co.uk

He also creates portraits, genre, landscapes. And is always happy to take commissions.

Michael Condron

Condron is a sculptor whose principal aim is to make artwork that belongs to its place. He constructs in metal, with a practice focused on the creation iconic site-specific sculpture, founded on a collaborative creative process. His artworks are immediately accessible, working as a striking feature from a distance, and containing layers of detail and tactile qualities that may be discovered on subsequent viewings and closer inspection.

Since graduating from St Martins Condron has worked on wide ranging private and public art commissions. His first landmark public artwork, The Martian celebrates HG Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Recent installations are Bottle Knot for Poole, and The Channels Mammoth, a massive ice-age sculpture for Chelmsford.

The Great Lion sculpture was a preliminary design for CS Lewis Square in Belfast, and the surface metalwork incorporates quotes from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’s Aslan.

Condron is based in Essex where he is currently creating two new public artworks for Oxfordshire.

Nicola Fairbank

Nicci feels most at home in the outdoors. Raised on a farm in South Australia, she grew up surrounded by vast horizons, expansive skies, animals, and the full force of the natural elements. Although her artistic practice took a back seat for some time while raising a family, creativity remained a constant, quietly simmering beneath the surface.

Largely self-taught, Nicci has explored a variety of styles and mediums. She has studied at Heatherley’s School of Art, attended short courses at Central Saint Martins and West Dean College, and received guidance, inspiration, and tutoring from practicing artists. Her body of work spans digital design, works on paper, and metal sculpture.

Her works on paper primarily use charcoal and mixed media, while her current focus on metal sculpture draws inspiration from the natural world, particularly her own garden. Nicci finds the physicality of working with metal and its tools both exhilarating and enjoyable. She relishes the challenge of translating the delicate forms, textures, and patterns of nature into lasting sculptural works.

Rob & Libby Packman

Rob (The Toolbox Artist) – I`ve only been creating sculptures for a few years. I started by making practical art Bootscrapers (art you can wipe your feet on) coat hooks and elaborate bird tables, All out of wood from my log pile, scrap metal and my bootfair junk.
I was asked if I did ‘steampunk stuff’ which I didn’t know what it was but I came up with `woodpunkt. I taught myself to weld and basic woodworking skills. My art is raw as I only have basic tools to make my creations in my small shed. I am an owner lorry driver and this is my release from the stress of that!

Libby (The Workshop Widow) – I started off by helping my husband Rob (The Toolbox Artist) with the technical side of things (because he doesn’t do technology) But after seeing how much time he was spending in the workshop I decided I’d join him, and taught myself to weld! I did ask him to teach me, but it didn’t go well! So after a few (many) burns along the way, here I am!

Rosie Mortimer

Tim Dunmall

Artistic Blacksmith, Tim Dunmall, is an award-winning blacksmith working out of Yalding Forge. The forge has been a working forge for over 300 years and has been in Tim’s family since 1950. Steeped in history and charm, the building provides an inspirational place for Tim to create each of his bespoke pieces.

Tim learnt the basics of blacksmithing from his Grandad, Dad and Uncles from which he developed a passion for the craft. Still using many of the tools that were handcrafted by his Grandad, Tim creates unique and bespoke items using both traditional and modern techniques.

Yvonne Wildi

One of my main hopes as an artist is to bring a little joy to others from my work.

I was drawn to how movement and emotion can be expressed in a wire figure but I wasn’t altogether prepared for how strongly the essence of each figure seems to create itself during the sculptural process!