FRESH AIR SCULPTURE 2024, Quenington, Gloucestershire

Fresh Air Sculpture invited the artist to create two bespoke, outdoor, site-specific sculptural works for their biennial show. In response to a disused watermill and an orange safety ring by the river, Nicholson created a free-standing interactive piece and a wall-based piece to be positioned on the stone wall above the mill race.

FREE WHEEL, 2024, 165 x 25 x 150cm. Recycled steel, painted. A functional object breaks free from its job description.

RING ROAD, 2024, 165 x 75 x 15cm. Recycled steel parts, painted & mounted on a wooden stake. Interactive, kinetic. An ironical comment on our dumbed down relationship with nature owing to road encroachment and safety restrictions.