The Octopuntal Ridiculator

This piece was installed in Castle Lane, Westminster early in 2005. I'd kept it d-locked to the roof for a while but think it looks better here!

It's a double inverse irregular tetrahedron made from reclaimed 1cm reinforcing bar.

The lowermost of its eight points has a shopping trolley wheel affixed to it, that's how I got it home.

It's now set in concrete with turf. A friend placed a small gnome under it, which I like.

In the summer I painted it with natural yoghurt to encourage lichen growth, however so far this has failed to work.

Beauty Through Adversity

This piece was recently installed outside the reception of Look Ahead Hostel, 41 Castle Lane, Westminster London SW1.

It's about 10 feet high, though as it is planted below street level it only sticks up a couple of feet above the railings.

It took me about 40 hours to find the components and weld them together.

The stem is made from twisted scaffold pole. Thanks to George at Morley College for helpling me twist!

Dragonfly

This is the first piece I ever made. Most of its bits are reclaimed from the River Thames.

It's about four feet long and has a similar wingspan. The wings are made from bits of an old shopping trolley wrested from the mud under Putney bridge, and the eyes are teastrainers, the only nonscrap parts of the whole.

Presently it hangs on my wall.