Nick

From an early age I was making things in grandfather’s shed at the end of his garden, I sometimes made objects that really didn’t do anything; I just liked the way different shapes connected. 

As I grew up, I couldn’t see being sculptor a viable career option. I knew that was who I was, but I didn’t know how to be it. 

Visiting different countries and experiencing other cultures had always been something I wanted to do, so when I left school I travelled around Europe then the US, Canada, New Zealand, and India. I worked along the way fruit picking, landscaping and general laboring. In Australia, I got a job at a steel works factory. The highly skilled, self-assured character of the men who worked there and the strong sense of camaraderie really appealed to me. I loved the heat and the clatter of the place. This was the first time I learnt how to form steel, I took this experience back to the UK and went to an art school that specialised in blacksmithing.