By Kieran Betts U6

Bob Catchpole is a Norfolk-born sculptor who works frequently with garden tools. Some of his designs seem to turn an object such as a spade into a living plant with branches or roots, due to the organic curves of the wood. Others are more geometrical and imply topiary; the "Ziggurat I” is an intermeshed fork and spade which go through each other and form a stepped pattern. Others (such as the “toolskater”) series mimic the human form, but with limbs replaced by the metal end parts of garden implements. Still others have a mechanical feel to them, as if poised to be turned on to perform some task.