Latest commission

Commissions are such exciting projects for me! It’s always so interesting to work closely with a client and create a special piece to an interior brief or colour pallet. This recently completed commission involved revisiting an idea from a few years back, but taking a totally new and previously unexplored approach to the framing.

Both myself and the client are delighted with the finished piece! You can read her testimonial below……

“We’d been gifted with a smaller piece of Danni’s work previously and were mesmerised by it’s uniqueness. Looking for a larger piece to complement our new decor, we were inspired by what we saw on Danni’s website. Taking a leap of faith during lockdown , we commissioned ‘Into the Blue’. Danni’s service was impeccable. She kept us updated every step of the way and the end product didn’t disappoint . The piece is everything we imagined and more ...”

— Tina

Piece in situ

I’m available for consultations regarding commissions, this also includes site visits where applicable.

Feel free to contact myself or Ellie at the studio regarding your project or idea.

RHS Garden Rosemoor ‘The Arrivals’

After a year of cancelled events and exhibitions due to the Corona Virus, I’m really excited to finally have a piece on display! ‘The Arrivals’ can now be found at the entrance of the Royal Horticultural Society’s, Garden Rosemoor, here in North Devon. The piece is on display as part of the Winter Sculpture Exhibition and will remain on display until my solo show with the RHS later on in the year. (More to follow on this soon)

‘The Arrivals’

A triple layered case of Monarch Butterflies. Reverse painted onto glass in rustic autumnal hues and gilded in copper leaf.

*EDIT - THIS PIECE IS SOLD*

The ‘Lapis Moon’

My 'Lapis Moon' has been created using the lapis lazuli pigment, a pigment in the 19th century that was prized so much it was considered to be more precious then gold. The colour that is derived from Lapis lazuli is known as ultramarine and varies in its hue. Within this Moon I’ve created a varied pallet of blues from the original pigment, ranging from deep purples into pale cian.

Blue is the colour of serenity, wellness, tranquil calm and clarity. Throughout time it has been considered a ‘magic colour’ and a defence against evil. In colour therapy its known to boost the immune system, lower blood pressure and overcome depression.

Kandinsky once said “The deeper the Blue becomes the more strongly it calls man to the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure, and, finally, for the supernatural.”

My work is inspired by nature and the environment around me which in turn echo the natural rhythms of our universe, and as an abstract I want the audience to find their own emotions when they view the piece and be captured in their own individually way. When I create my moons I hope they Embody an emotive state that I feel at the time of working on them, they are a complex layering of textures, pigments and colours which as I build up, require a very meditative state of mind.”

Please contactThe T5 Gallery, London, Heathrow for more information on this original and unique piece.

'Silver Darlings' at Heathrow Airport

My piece “Silver Darlings” is now available through the T5 Gallery

Heathrow Airport, London.

A Hexaptych of glass layers contained within a contemporary double sided, see-through case, create this captivating and engaging new piece “Silver Darlings”, inspired by the migratory Atlantic sardine runs. 

Crimson Chrysanthemum

‘Crimson Chrysanthemum’

Sometimes everything in your studio just has to wait, and what you really need, is a burst of colour to blow away the January blues.

So I’m bursting into this January with my first in a series of close up ‘Blooms’.

This chrysanthemum measures 850mm and is a rich deep crimson, gilded in copper leaf. It’s petal tips and bloom centre are gilded in 24kt gold leaf.

A flower strongly associated with happiness, honesty and friendship, did you know the chinese name for chrysanthemums means ‘the essence of the sun’.

But please feel free to contact me if you are interested in further details and images.

*EDIT - SOLD*

VIP Sofitel Hotel Event, Heathrow Airport, London

Danni and 24kt goldleaf Bengal Tiger

I’m really excited to share these images of the recent VIP Event that I took part in at the Sofitel Hotel, Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport. It was a fantasitic evening hosted by the hotel, where several pieces of my work are displayed as part of the award winning T5 Gallery’s continual cultural exhibition programme.

It was a wonderful and invaluable experience to meet and chat with so many people about my work and the process’ involved in creating my pieces, and a fabulous opportunity to relax for a night, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy some really terrific french food!

'Silver Darlings'

‘Silver Darlings

Whilst sharing these images I am slowly breathing a sigh of relief. I’ve spent many sleepless nights thinking over the complexities of this new piece of work. It all started with a blossoming idea earlier this year… what if I could layer the glass? What if I could compose a multi-dimensional piece? What if one of my shoals could become a sphere?! Over the following six months that it took to get the piece to its final form, my wife became very fed up of listening to me ramble on about structural components, fixings and compositions.

The image I had in my mind of a weightless floating shoal, full of clarity and fluid energy really started to take shape as all of the elements of this big puzzle-like piece, came together. Not only is everything worked in reverse, the whole piece was put together upside down, so that there are no visible fixings in the case. The look of the finished piece was not fully revealed to me until the very last nail biting moment!

I love the formation and movement that is expressed through the fish and the weightlessness that comes across in the spherical composition. Though the process has taken a long time, mainly due to finding new solutions to new problems, using some sophisticated and innovative techniques, I’m really pleased with the final piece. Finally I can get a good night’s sleep….

What do you think?