assorted makings and paintings
most recent first
Outcrop I / Outcrop II acrylic paint and mixed media left: 700 mm high x 500 mm wide right: 1200 mm high x 800 mm wide
Sunset over water / Ploughed field
acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas left: 600 mm x 600 mm right: 840 mm high x 600 mm wide
Icon / Kingfisher at sunset
acrylic paint and mixed media left: on canvas 915mm high x 1200 mm wide right: on plywood 915 mm high x 1200 mm wide
Great wave
acrylic paint and tile grout on canvas 700 mm high x 500 mm wide
BBQ
recycled bricks, steel grills
right View of 'Secret Garden' from sitting area; BBQ is out of shot to the right. The tea bowl was made in the late 1980s by Brother David at Mount St Bernard Abbey.
Water feature
'found objects', wood, fixings, stain, paint, pump, tube, rechargeable battery (not visible)
Obelisks
wood, screws, stain, stainless steel balls, welding rod
The Great Torus II
plywood, plastic, hotmelt adhesive, panel pins, paint
Angel of Chapel Street
plywood, plastic, screws, paint; glitter
Snowman of the North
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, paint
Yuletide wreath (incomplete)
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, paint, LEDs etc
Great Tree cardboard, hot melt adhesive, paint, LEDs etc
Study for Great Tree cardboard, hot melt adhesive, paint, LEDs etc
Torso I
polystyrene, adhesive, paint
Great Eight polystyrene, adhesive, paint, LEDs etc
Acrobat II (Homage to Michael Ayrton)
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, wood, paint,
Study for kneeling female archer III
cardboard, polystyrene, wood, hot melt adhesive, paint
Study for kneeling female archer II
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, brass wire, paint
Study for female falconer
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, brass wire, paint
Three maquettes of female figures
cardboard, hot melt adhesive, paint
a 1:20 scale maquette of the 'Great Torc'
maquette: cardboard, hot melt adhesive, plaster of Paris, paint
two views of unglazed stoneware 'reliquary'
three unglazed stoneware life-size human masks
small unglazed stoneware figurine
ceramic plaques
from a series inspired by Anglo-Scandinavian 'hogback' tombs
guardian spirits
terracotta; unglazed; antlers
inspired by a wooden Chinese zushi ('idol' or 'shrine') of circa 2,500 BCE
the black figure functions as an incense burner – the smoke 'breathes' out the mouth and eyes
moon-bull with a goose bearing the soul of someone about to be born
unglazed stoneware and pewter
a 'reliquary'
wood, metal, glass, leather, bone, shell, etc
foliate mask – first attempt at a moulded leather mask
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more makings:-
STAFFS, STICKS AND OTHER WOOD CARVINGS
Bob Trubshaw
illuminated Christmas decoration
illuminated Christmas decoration
illuminated house sign
designed to be constructed from Corten steel
designed to be constructed from Corten steel and concrete then erected alongside the main Coast Road at Snettisham, Norfolk,
with Ken Hill (where several Iron Age gold torcs were discovered) visible through the central aperture;
the scuplture to be spotlit with golden light between dusk and midnight
overall height 510 mm
with contorted hazel handle
overall width 600 mm
