Peter randall page biography of martin

Sculptor, draughtsman and teacher, born in Essex, but grew up in Sussex.

Peter randall page biography of martin

He studied at Bath Academy of Art (1973–77) and, after carrying out conservation work on the thirteenth-century sculptures at Wells Cathedral, was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship to study marble carving in Italy (1980).

He works mainly in stone, using natural forms such as shells, fossils, fruits, eggs, cones and seed pods as source material for exploring the abstract and geometric patterns that underlie the dynamics of biological growth. Significant bodies of text have also been included in some recent works, such as The One and the Many, Fitzroy Place, London (2015), which incorporates stories inscribed in writing systems ranging from cuneiform to contemporary scripts.

He has produced work in collaboration with environmental groups such as Common Ground, including the ‘New Milestones’ and ‘Local Distinctiveness’ projects (1986–96), a