I have continued to create spirals at home in the Languedoc region of France and in other parts of France and the UK. I am interested in both the simple, regular progression of an Archimedean spiral (where each curve of the spiral increases the spiral's radius by the same amount) and the ever-expanding character of a Logarithmic (or Golden) spiral (where the distance between the turns of the spiral increases in a geometric progression).  

Fallen pears spiral

 

Fallen cherries spiral

 

Fallen apricots spiral

 

Green berries spiral

 

Iris leaves spiral

 

Washingtonia spiral

 

Fig leaves spiral

 

Santons de Provence spiral

 

Old toys spiral

 

Giverny Spiral

 

Fuchsia spiral

 

Hawthorn berries spiral

 

Snail shell spiral

 

Spiral of spirals

 

Spirals underpin the growth patterns in nature of a huge number of phenomena, from the microcosmic (flowerheads, shells, leaves, etc) to the macrocosmic (weather systems, galaxies, etc). By creating spirals from mainly found, natural objects, I am drawing attention to this underpinning and reflecting upon some profound mysteries which both science and religion have attempted to explain. The ephemeral character of these works can further be seen as a comment upon the transient nature of existence.