Somerset wetlands series
Lanterns
Otter - This large lantern is coloured to reflect the pale golden shafts of sunlight in the watery world of the otter, in a stream rich in reeds and fish. The back panel of this lantern has a pale copper gold finish in light layers over a silvery base to produce a unique watery gold surface.
Swallows - As the sun sets and the Somerset levels fall into the first stages of twilight the swallows
Owl - The barn owl is depicted flying against a young moon in a rich midnight blue sky.
The Night Jar - Among the small oak and pine copses of the Somerset hills the roosting nightjars fill the trees with their chirring voice at dusk, before taking to the wing to hunt for moths and other night insects.
Light column
Fish and Frog - This steel light column is suitable for mounting within a pond or on a pond edge. It has a night and day design. On one face barn owls fly over moonlit reed beds where a frog lies hidden. On the other swallows sweep above the bulrush beds where a fish lies sheltered amongst the coiling leaves of water reed.
Screens
The Rhyne Brass Screen - Across the levels of Somerset are ancient drainage canals called Rhynes filled with wetland wildlife. This screen is designed to cast beautiful shadows and to dazzle with reflected sunlight, as does the water surface of the pools and Rhynes of the levels. It depicts swallows above a reed filled waterway with a trout motionless below the flowing stream. It combines polished stainless steel and brass and can be installed as a frieze panel within a wall or as a stand-alone screen.
Read bed Fish - The same combination of mesh and brushed stainless steel is used to create a silvery fish to catch the light amongst long grasses and pond side reed beds. They are supported on two steel rods.
Meadow shadows
Dandelion wall shadow - This 2.3m high steel profile has been rust patinaed to create a warm sunlit feature that casts giant shadows of dandelion flower heads and leaves, evoking the childhood pleasure of lying down among the stems of a meadow.
Swallows - Made from a combination of layers of polished stainless steel and fine steel mesh these dynamic profiles cast faux 3 dimensional shadows.
They can be used as individual features casting a shadow from sunlight or a spot light onto a wall.
We also create bespoke light installations where a sprung brass bar holds a variety of swallows in flight, creating a swirling feature around a spherical lamp.
They come either with a brushed metal surface or with a rich black powder coat finish infused with a faint iridescence of purple
For every order of over £150 of our swallow features we will send out an RSPB swallow or martin nest box in an attempt to help conserve this charismatic species in times of ever increasing challenges on their 6000 mile migration.
Ferns
Fire pit - Cut in 5mm steel plate this 1m wide large fire pit is designed to cast swirling shadow patterns of autumn fern leaves and has an expected life span of 20 to 30 years. The classic dodecahedron form sits on three feet and has a solid base with a central drainage hole. The pierced design is based on the Fibonacci spiral of leaves on the 12 faces of a dodecahedron. The interplay of the natural form of the curving leaves and the pure platonic solid form, the dodecahedron, creates a mesmerizing wood fire hearth.
Stained glass window - Made by a local stained glass artist using the medieval techniques of the church window makers, this stained glass panel depicting ferns is designed to hang within a garden space or be set with in a iron pergola where it would glow and cast richly coloured transluscent shadows when backlit by the sun. This leaded window is expected to last at least 500 years.
