Also: Artist’s conversation, Thursday 6 August, 1pm

Elvin Warwick Simpson did a BA Hons in Ceramics at Camberwell School of Art, and an MSc (Arch) in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies at the Centre for Alternative Technologies in Wales. He has earned his living as a carpenter, joiner, cabinetmaker and stair maker over the years, while playing and writing music and songs for a number of years as part of a band in London. He came back to his artwork after a long sabbatical in the attempts to rationalise being diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, and realising his  artwork had significance to others beside himself. The catalyst for this was a chronic shoulder injury which has prevented him from continuing with his woodwork. More…