10 Years in the Making!

Nov 10, 2016

We recently got interviewed for lifestyle magazine Hot Brands Cool Places who pointed out we have been at this for 10 years!...  '...so Charlie, what were the highlights?' ...  'There is a time in the workshop after all the initial design work is done and the making is underway, when you find out what a piece of work is really like and how it feels.    Sometimes it is a bit of surprise, and you leave the workshop feeling really happy, like a scientist who has made a new discovery.  We got this

Pictures from Japan

Nov 09, 2016

Work we sent to Kyushu Island, Japan earlier this year have been installed.  We sent a total of 80 individual steam bent artworks, some parts were still in transit during the terrible earthquake, but now all together and finished in the newly refurbished Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort. The sculptures are all steam-bent Ash, each one unique, made using our own special free-bending technique and designed individually by Charlie Whinney.  The sculptures started life as an Ash tree from a local

Marble Run River

Oct 14, 2016

Come and join us on Monday 24th October at Tullie House Gallery in Carlisle to have a go on possibly the world's first and only steam-bent marble run.  'Marble Run River' is a playful and interactive kinetic sculpture made with help from excellent young people from NACRO. The 2015 floods have caused much debate about how rivers should be managed and changed how many people in Carlisle feel about their river. This sculpture is inspired by the fun and beauty of spending time next to the river,