about me
selected project list
2011
Four Way Viewer. A stone and glass amusement for View Lane Park, Stanley. Client: Durham CC. Landscape architects: Southern Green
2009/10
Centre of the Galaxy Viewer, Polaris Viewer, inscribed poetry.
Miller Homes: The Meadows, Framwellgate, Co Durham. Agency: Grit & Pearl. Collaboration with Tom Robinson of Robinson Landscape Design, and poet Carolyn Jess-Cooke
2008
Agent for Creative Partnerships, helping schools to raise standards through cross-curricular arts projects and promote teaching for creativity.
2007
Armstrong dial
The National Trust, Cragside
Trimdon Gateways: four village entrance signs
Groundwork East Durham
Sculpture residency: work with teenagers in care
The Roycroft Clinic, St Nicholas Hospital, Gosforth
2005/6
MA in Fine Art Practice at Northumbria University
2003/4
Central feature and three courtyard sculptures
West Park, Darlington
Darlington & Durham Mental Health Trust
Poetry in timber
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Garden
Gateshead Council
2002
‘The teaching’: sculpture for Coates Green, Ponteland
Ponteland Parish Council
Edmondsley Crossroads sculpture
Edmondsley Partnership / Groundwork West Durham
William Turner Garden, Carlisle Park, Morpeth
Sculpted water feature, grit-blasted lettering in path
Castle Morpeth Borough Council / Casella
2001
Trimdon Millennium Cross
A modern cross based upon the theme of ‘daily bread’
Trimdon 2000 / Groundwork East Durham
Cockfield parish markers
Entrance features for Cockfield, Esperley and Burnt Houses
Cockfield Parish Council / Groundwork West Durham
Komatsu Sundial
Gateshead Council
The Story of Amble
Carved pavement features, interpreting Amble’s history
Amble Development Trust
Architects: Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall
Designer: Bridget Jones
Font for St Michael’s, Alnwick
A contemporary font in black Kilkenny limestone
Parochial Parish Council of St Michael, Alnwick
2000
‘Welcome to Craster’ - Village entrance marker depicting a crustacean battle. Craster Parish Council
‘The Ringing Stone’, Trimdon Millennium Green
Trimdon Millennium Green Trust / Groundwork East Durham
‘Seats with Views’: Carved and lettered seating, Ouseburn
Ouseburn Partnership / Bridget Jones
1999
‘Beehives’: Village entrance sculptures, Tow Law
Tow Law Town Council / Groundwork West Durham
Harbottle Castle poems
A bench and a standing stone inscribed with poetry written by local schoolchildren
Northumberland National Park
1998
‘The Pigeon Race’: three large village entrance markers each with two relief sculptures based on a theme of pigeon racing; a large relief panel for the library, two ‘pigeon basket’ seats.
City of Sunderland / Arts Resource
‘Spiral dial’, Tourist Information Centre, Whitesands, Dumfries
Lead Artist: Bridget Jones
1997
‘The Dream Of The Library Books’, East Herrington Library
Large relief sculpture depicting the dream flight of library books, based upon choices by local schoolchildren
Sunderland City Council / Arts Resource, Sunderland
1996
‘All the World’s A Stage’, The Playhouse, Alnwick
Frieze sculpture, depicting seven ages, based upon a speech from Shakespeare
Alnwick District Playhouse Trust / Anthony Watson Architects
Fossil sculpture Walltown Crags, Northumberland National Park
Northumberland National Park Authority
1995
Schools residency as part of Gibside Arts Festival
National Trust / Arts Resource
Village Entrance Markers, Sacriston, County Durham
Sacriston parish Council / Groundwork West Durham
1993
Path-side sculpture Kibblesworth
Great North Forest
‘Giant Hedgehog’, Children’s Forest, Pennywell, Sunderland
Great North Forest / Arts Resource
1992
Otter Sculpture Heatherslaw Mill, Ford and Etal Estate
Intervet UK Ltd, for North Northumberland Otter Project
1991
Otter Sculpture Barnstaple, Devon
Intervet UK Ltd