Above : A plasterer's lath hammer.
​WHY SO MANY HAMMERS, and what can this tell us about our age?
This is a collaboration between myself and a group of individual people who use hammers in their work. By looking at the work they have made, and talking to them about their working practice and seeing them in their workshops I have made a series of portraits of the hammers in my medium of working, which is lime marble plaster. Each contributor has supplied a piece of work using their hammer, which help to illustrate how that hammer is used. The plaster portraits show the huge variety of shapes and sizes of hammers, and lead us to consider that hammers still have a relevance in today's world.
Above : Stone Mason's Hammer and Dummy Hammer.
Above : Joiners Claw Hammer Coal Mine Cumbria.
Above: Coopers Hammers White Rose Cooperage Yorkshire.
Above Shoe Makers Hammer. Blacksmith,s Hammer. Architectural Stone Carver's Hammer.