I was very pleased to be invited back to deliver a wire workshop at The Perse School with the year 10's as part of their art curriculum.

The project focussed on 'natural forms' and introduced the students to a range of drawing and wire working processes and techniques. The day startied with an introduction to my work and that of other artists working with wire. We explored markmaking, large observational drawing and then we translated these into 2D then 3D wire drawings using the techinques and processes demonstrated to the students.

Really please and excited to be exhibiting with gallery 57 in Arundel and to be working on some new pieces for the exhibition 'Elemental' openng in May.

A new article about the Felix Warley piece was published in Dexigner.com

https://www.dexigner.com/news/31967

Image: DesignLSM

Designlsm have produced an article about the project they undertook with Felix Warley. There are some lovely images of the woven wire orbs we made for them shown in situ. All Images: designlsm.

http://www.designlsm.com/news/story-felix-warley/

Back to making stars, this time in cedar. " Its beginning to feel a bit like Christmas".

Really pleased to see images of the woven wire globes that we were commissioned to make for a entrance feature designed by DesignLMS. The globes were installed in the new Felix restaurant in Warley, which opens today.

We are knitting metal!

We're using 'Sprang' an ancient Peruvian knitting technique to make a large group of suspended metal spheres.

Steven is taking part in a discussion 'Why Make?' at Fabrica on the 20th August 6pm. Further details on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/why-make-tickets-48025380205?aff=ehomecard

'Today digital skillfulness is seen as the essential skill for an individual’s economic and social advancement. Innovations in design, farming and factory production coupled with access to a global labour force has removed the economic necessity to make our daily bread, mend our clothing, build our furniture or houses, and in the near future, even drive our cars. Whilst this is convenient and frees us from the drudgery of labour are we losing out in other ways by not getting our hands dirty? Join Fabrica Director, Liz Whitehead; artist, designer and maker Steven Follen; Samuel Wright from Build Brighton and student product designer Nuria Romero Juncosa to debate the merits of being able to make things for ourselves, if making skills have a future and what that future might look like.'

Gold-leafing metal components for a large scale commission. The project is a collaboration with metalworker Amanda Bright . More info/ images to follow.