Song For My Father

This tower is a very personal piece for me as its about my dad, Pete Hilling (1926 - 2016)  and all the men like him.  Men who worked with their hands, who mended things and who made and built things.  Those men with work shops or sheds at the bottom of the garden.  Some of my dad’s tools are enclosed within the piece, his plane, chisels and drills.  Spent bullets, rivets and screws from his shed decorate the piece.  They take us back to a time before plastic and throw away items.