MAN IN THE WOODS

Man in the Woods

I am an artist and I make artefacts that tell the story of strange, rural Britain.

Friday Walk

In 2018 I began my Friday Walk, which has become the ongoing research that informs my work.

One Friday, I left home and walked 18km out into the countryside, had a pint of ale at a village pub and got the bus home.

The following Friday I took the bus back to that pub and carried on walking.

Every week since then (when there's not a pandemic on) I've taken a bus or train (or both) to where my previous walk ended, and continued my journey around the English countryside.

It’s not about visiting beauty spots, conquering peaks, or hiking long trails, but walking: gently moving through fields and woods, along footpaths and green lanes that are hundreds, often thousands, of years old; slowly getting to know the land around me, and embedding myself in the landscape.

Museum of Mump

As I wander about, I collect place names, people, stories, and whole landscapes. And the things I make are a reaction to them.

The Mump is a semi-fictional, composite world where I deposit and grow the strange rituals, places and people that I find. And the things I make are artefacts that give us a little glimpse of that world.

Welcome to the Museum of Mump.

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The Cow - 3 3/4” x 5”,

  1. The Cow - 3 3/4” x 5”,

2. By The Water - 3 3/8” x 1 7/8”

2. By The Water - 3 3/8” x 1 7/8”

3. A Berkshire House - 2 3/4” x 2 7/8”,

3. A Berkshire House - 2 3/4” x 2 7/8”,

4. I Will Have That - 5” x 3 1/2”,

4. I Will Have That - 5” x 3 1/2”,

5. Four Fields with Four Trees - 3 5/8” x 4”,

5. Four Fields with Four Trees - 3 5/8” x 4”,

6. Lots Of Birds - 6 1/2” x 5 1/8”,

6. Lots Of Birds - 6 1/2” x 5 1/8”,

7. Sacred Enclosure - 3 3/4” x 4 5/8”,

7. Sacred Enclosure - 3 3/4” x 4 5/8”,

8. Knowing - 2 7/8” x 3”,

8. Knowing - 2 7/8” x 3”,

9. Daisy Wheel In The Furrows - 4 1/8” x 7 7/8”,

9. Daisy Wheel In The Furrows - 4 1/8” x 7 7/8”,

10. It Is Endless - 2” x 3 1/2”,

10. It Is Endless - 2” x 3 1/2”,

11. Three Fates - 3 3/4” x 4”,

11. Three Fates - 3 3/4” x 4”,

12. Midsummer - 2 1/8” x 3 7/8”,

12. Midsummer - 2 1/8” x 3 7/8”,

13. The Sun Is Reborn In Winter - 3 1/4” x 6”,

13. The Sun Is Reborn In Winter - 3 1/4” x 6”,

14. The Sun Is Born At - 3 3/4” x 5 5/8”,

14. The Sun Is Born At - 3 3/4” x 5 5/8”,

15. I Have Told You It Is Him - 3 3/4” x 5 1/8”,

15. I Have Told You It Is Him - 3 3/4” x 5 1/8”,