27 November 2016
The November 2016 course is almost finished, but I will be running this creative metalwork course again in the Spring. It will take place over 3 Saturdays on 18th, 25th March and 1st April 2017. You will be working in … Continue reading
23 November 2016
Joe has recently been commissioned to create a ‘Treasure Trail’ for the Town Centre Regeneration at Denny near Falkirk, Scotland. Once a place of immense, varied and spirited industrial activity and skill around the River Carron, Denny has suffered post-war … Continue reading
1 August 2016
Continuing this popular programme of public courses, I will once again be running this 3-day creative metalwork course, taking place over 3 Saturdays in September 2016: 3rd, 10th and 24th. You will be working in steel in order to develop … Continue reading
3 February 2016
I have two new works that have been selected for ‘Converge 2016′, Visual Arts Scotland’s exhibition in Edinburgh. ‘Greta’s Star’ is a small copper sculpture; ‘Sleeper (Bird’s Egg)’ is larger, steel piece. These are part of an ongoing series of … Continue reading
1 December 2015
An ambitious and inspiring variety of work was created in the October Creative Metalwork Course, from Rob Welsh’s stove to Dougie Muego’s meticulous figurines and Magda Brionglos’ mask sculpture. Launching into a variety of technical and sculptural techniques, the participants, … Continue reading
9 September 2015
In April this year, Joe collaborated with Row4Shore Glasgow North to create a sculpture symbolic of the St Ayles skiff, designed in kit form by Iain Oughtred and based on a type of rowing boat used for traditional coastal racing. … Continue reading
21 January 2015
A further course at Glasgow Sculpture Studios will take place over 2 consecutive Saturdays on 21st and 28th February 2015, running from 10.30am – 4pm each day; for further details see Lectures and Courses page.
9 December 2014
The next course at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, now in the Whisky Bond, will take place over 2 consecutive Saturdays on 24th January and 31st January 2015, running from 10.30am – 4pm each day; for further details see Lectures and Courses … Continue reading
17 April 2013
Joe has won a major award from the Gottlieb Foundation in New York in the form of an Individual Support Grant worth $25,000. These are given annually to 12 artists worldwide in recognition of the quality of their work and … Continue reading
11 June 2012
‘Waterland’ was completed and installed at the Bulwell Riverside Joint Services Centre, Nottingham and opened on 17th May 2012. The work comprises a series of five sculptures inspired by the microscopic desmids and diatoms that inhabit freshwater rivers, and in … Continue reading
