Ivor Butcher

My story is probably true of countless people around the globe, forced by the COVID 19 lock down to spend a lot of time reflecting on life, the past, the future and one's place in it.

For around 40 years, I've made things, flirting around the edges of the art and design world but never having the confidence to believe I could be part of it.

Over the last 4 months, however, something has changed. With no formal art school training, I'm not sure I'm equipped with the vocabulary to describe why I'm creating what I do. My art is of the moment, it's completely unplanned, each piece unique and made by hand. I don't judge them, that's for others to do. If observers respond to them in any way, be it the form, colour or their physical structure, then my time has been well spent.

My style is evolving all the time - inspired by things I see around me and by the art of others.