The Kent forests and flint stone enjoy a long, symbiotic history - a history that inspires me to create sculptures that bring the two elements into beautiful concert. I look for flint with unique sculptural qualities, and design a new piece around its shape. Each sculpture is unique, reflecting the one-of-a-kind nature of the raw materials. 

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of stone-tool production, demonstrating that Neanderthals were living in Kent about 110,000 years ago. These early residents knew how to light and maintain fires using flint, and they relied on spears as their main hunting weapons, made by “knapping” the stone into shape.

Flint has captured the imaginations of craftsmen for centuries, including artisans who have used it on flat surfaces of churches from around the beginning of the 14th Century. Stones with naturally formed holes often carry folklore, a sort of oral sculpture inspired by a mineral that has functioned as muse to centuries of creative types.