Anne Henriksen

Since my childhood in Sweden when I was taught art and sewing in school, I have always enjoyed making things and dreamt of a future as an artist.

Life intervened and I worked for a living as well as bringing up a child and seeing my parents off. 

After finally completing a BaHons in large scale metalwork at Plymouth college of Art and Design I spent the next twenty years working as a taxi driver and travelling as much as I could. This took me to the ancient Buddhist temple Boroboudor in Java, Indonesia. 

It is covered in thousands of stone carvings depicting Buddha's life and is truly amazing.

I was inspired to learn stone carving and I discovered that was the medium that spoke to me. 

My sculptures are often made from reclaimed Bathstone or discarded Portland stone. 

Nature in its many forms, landscape, trees, humans all inspire me and now when I am retired from driving, I have the time to dedicate myself to further explorations.