A solo show of artwork created during my residency at University of Cambridge Department of Veterinary Medicine. The show runs 6-13th Aug at The Old Divinity School, St.Johns Street Cambridge.
fire prints 3
fire prints 2
Fire prints
Video making giant feather prints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGd0JdWJav8
'The jump'
Canvas print 40" x 26" now available at £590
The studio ready for last weekend of Open Studios
Unit 6, The Mount, High Street, Toft, Cambridge CB23 2RL - Open Sat 9th & Sun 10th July
Summer Show July 2016
The jump
Available as framed canvas print
Red stag
Just finished my latest sculpture work. Red Stag which will is now available to order in cold cast bronze
Whippet sculpture
Now finished in cold cast bronze and available to buy £125
Animal locomotion
The first in a series of works celebrating animals in motion.
New ceramics products
I'm delighted to present a new range of ceramics products using my artwork.
Artist-in-residence. University of Cambridge
I am delighted to have accepted the position of artist-in-residence at the Department of Veterinary Medicine.
I will be collaborating closely with research staff and students to develop a series of creative directions and artworks based on the current research interests of the department.
Portrait of my Father
Portrait of my Father - Photogravure prints, each from an edition of 12
Sheet size 20" x 16" Plate size 10.5" x 8"
Top row: G-clamp, outside calipers, child's trowel circa. 1969, scratch awl
Bottom row: lacquer brush, wrench, spring dividers, tailors sheers
In this series of eight photogravure prints, Piper explores memory, sentimentality and the semantic meaning of an object. Piper's father was an engineer and his studio is full of his fathers tools, neatly arranged and ordered ready for work. This final selection from hundred of objects and tools expresses an aspect of personality, family relationship and memory. The similarity of form between the feminine outside calipers and the more masculine spring dividers is a reference to the artist and his twin sister. The delicate simplicity of the lacquer brush speaks of gentleness and creativity, whilst the more powerful and aggressive forms of the G-clamp and wrench speak of trauma and control.
I'm constantly reminded of my father each day at the studio as I'm surrounded by my his tools, most of which are of the finest quality. I remember how he taught me how to use each one as a young boy. Faced with an engineering or build problem during my working day I will ask what would dad have done. Often I'm rewarded with an elegant, simple solution quite out of the blue. This is a very personal work about my complex relationship with my Father.
£160 print only £250 framed