Artist Statement
I am an arborist and sculptor. My work is often described as ‘fresh’.
Illusion, play with movement and exposure of tree ‘body language’ are evolving themes.
A recurring work method is that of creating large site-specific public sculptures that have furniture elements that can be reproduced for private sale.
Joc Hare
Exhibitions/Works
2004
solo exhibition nov, shoreditch, london
exhibition ‘into the wild’ aug, godinton house, kent
exhibition ‘art in the garden’ july to sept, sir harold hillier gardens, hampshire
exhibition ‘art on the grass’ june.
public arts commission, ‘jack’ 12m by 1.5m by 1.5m, timber sculpture, hastings.
school commission, ‘eye eye’ see saw and ‘monkey nut’ bridge.
sculpture workshops, various, ongoing.
gallery on view, paddon & paddon, eastbourne, sculptural lights and furniture.
2003
conceptual arts installation, ‘woodpidgeon’, pilot art space, hastings.
open studio, coastal currents.
gallery show, stratton gallery, hastings, sculptural furniture.
public arts commission, summerfields woods hastings, ‘logjam’ live timber waterfall.
public arts commission, summerfields wood, hastings. ‘the weir tree’, 25ft milled tree stem carrying water from pond across dam and cascading over stream.
exhibition, hastings pier, sculptural furniture.
public arts commission, rye harbour nature reserve, '19 days': 5m high cylindrical seat and labyrinth relating story of stricken vessel with its cargo of timber.
gallery show, four walls, tunbridge wells, sculptures.
on view, seating and lighting, pig in paradise backroom gallery, hastings.
2002
sculptural furniture and lighting show, globe gallery, stepney, east london.
open studio, coastal currents.
public arts commission, lower pond, summerfields woods, hastings, ‘wooden ford’, incorporating a well stream and seats.
exhibition, ‘art on the grass’ collier street, kent. sculptural furniture and tree swing installation.
2001
setting up current workshop, 2,500 sq ft st leonards on sea, east sussex.
2000
on view, furnishings, indo bar, whitechapel, london.
foreman construction of ‘hairy sitooterie’ gazebo for thomas heatherwick studio.
to date profile: design and build commissions of sculpture and furniture working with timber procured through tree surgery works.
career bias switch to sculpture from tree surgery, sale of business.
1986 to 1999
business, timberline, engaged in full range of arboricultural and urban forestry practices. clients include local authorities, royal parks, houses of parliament, british waterways, and mr & mrs jones.
living and working st leonards on sea, east sussex. born port of spain, trinidad, 1965
Contact details
Joc Hare
Log Jam,
Unit 16 Harold Mews, Mews Rd,
St. Leonards on Sea. TN38 0EA
Tel/Fax 01424 434 848
E-mail: logjam@logjam.net
Web: www.logjam.net