WATER DRIVEN ANIMATIONS.

One particular aspect of Richard Taylor’s work has been described as ’….. A fascinating and lyrical combination of the mythic with a quirky, almost alchemical delight in the functional.’  

Taking inspiration from the ‘vivari’ (water driven animations) of Baroque Italian Gardens, he has created a number of playful pieces hand-made in copper.  Recent pieces include: - a basking trout that causes ripples in the pond with idle flicks of its tail, and a baby dragon curled in a watery nest nodding and blinking sleepily.

…And the most recent piece, ‘The Restless Nestlings’ in which water flowing from the mother bird’s beak, causes the nestlings to bob up and down enthusiastically in a nest set in the Green Man’s hair.