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An exhibition of small scale works at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital - May 15 - 24 Aug 2017

5/15/2017

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In conjunction with Art Week Exeter (AWE) and ahead of my residency with Devon Wildlife Trust I produced a series of 10 small works - 5 drawings and 5 dry point etchings of birds. Thanks to Stephen Petett-Smith, curator at the RD&E for facilitating.
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Article in Exeter Life Magazine

5/3/2017

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'Fallen Tree, Stoke Woods' goes on long term display at Dartington Space.

3/30/2017

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'Fallen Tree, Stoke Woods' has gone on long term display at Dartington Space. I have loaned it pending future exhibitions and was delighted to provide the opportunity for more people to see the work. Thanks to Richard Povall of artdotearth for facilitating.
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Two man show - Martin Broadbent and Richard Rochester at Dartington Space Garden Room Gallery

2/18/2017

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Daughters, Charlotte (left) and Lily at Dartington Space
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A new home for 'Evening Light, Newton Woods' in London

11/30/2016

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A stunning room now houses one of my favourite works, Evening Light, Newton Woods. When I produced this work I wanted to suggest the possibility of stepping out of your urban setting and into a wild space; I think this is the ideal setting for it.
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'Track, Newton Woods' at The Plough Art Centre

10/12/2016

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I'm delighted that 'Track, Newton Woods' picked up second prize at the Plough Art Centre's 'Big Draw' open exhibition 2016.
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Exeter Cathedral Chapter House Exhibition - July 2016

7/15/2016

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A solo show at Exeter Cathedral Chapter House. 160 attended the Private View with Brian Kirby providing accompanying music on the piano. A great space to see the work and I felt honoured to be showing the work beneath Ken Carter's great sculptures. Ken was a close friend of my father's and I spent some time helping him in his studio as a boy. Ken's daughter Amelia attended as did many good friends so it was a very special night.
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A charcoal drawing workshop at Thelma Hulbert Gallery Garden Party

5/13/2016

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I had a lot of fun running a charcoal drawing workshop at Thelma Hulbert Gallery's Garden Party - it was great to see young and old getting their hands dirty.
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Boat Yard Project

12/29/2015

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For 6 months from June to Dec '15 I worked on a project to design and create furniture from salvaged fishing vessels. Partnering with Ship builders and salvagers Exeter Maritime Services and local craftsman Barney Dearsley, the work was a mixture of hands on creativity and Computer Aided Design.

The mirrors below were cut out of ships fuel tanks

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Blanket box made from the side of a mahogany yacht

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'Fish' - Sculpture hand cut from the stern of a fishing boat wreck.

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3m long outdoor table incorporating teak decking from a 1936 trawler

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Designing the 10mm thick steel table base with Computer Aided Design
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Shipbuilder Giles building the frame
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Barney Dearsley fitting the teak deck.

Lights made from discarded welding spools

The circular metal spools held a wire used in welding machines but were discarded after use. Barney recognised the potential to incorporate them into lighting and I took the idea forward with several experimental models. The bases are made from solid brass bar.
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This type used an old fish paste jars as the light diffuser.
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The head of this one incorporated a brass reflector that swivelled around the bulb on a bicycle bearing.
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Another rotating head model incorporating prisms and a dimmer switch.
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Exeter Cathedral Exhibition - 2013

3/22/2013

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An exhibition of 4 large scale drawings of Exeter Cathedral and other Exeter landmarks. All works are charcoal on paper mounted in aluminium frames.
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