A selection of private commissions and exhibition pieces. Some of these pieces are of the clients own design, made to their exact requirements to fit into their garden setting. The rest are our own designs but conceived around ideas or concepts, to fit perfectly within their surroundings.
| Copper Leather Jerkin Sculpture | In 2008, sculptures were started by various artists to create a new town trail in Beverley, East Yorkshire. The trail comprises of thirty nine linked artworks placed throughout Beverley town. Sculptures will feature many of Beverley’s Medieval Guilds and Trades. With the Trail brochure, it will help to show what people were like and doing, in Beverley in the Middle Ages, when they laid the foundations of the town we see today.
Where possible the artworks have been developed using images from Beverley’s Medieval heritage and have been sited in locations linked to the various trades. Gary Pickles was commissioned to produce a hanging sculpture of a Medieval leather jerkin, entirely from copper. This piece now hangs from the side of 'The Beaver' public house, situated on North Bar Within, in the heart of Beverley, East Yorkshire.
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Maple Copper Water Sculpture | On display at Crook Hall in Durham throughout the 2005 and 2006 'Art in the Garden' exhibition. | 
click image to enlarge | This popular design has been repeated many times and in many different sizes to suit a variety of situations. | 
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Copper Bulrush Sculpture | This sculpture formed part of an exhibition at Harrogate 2007 Spring Flower Show. | 
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Copper Leaf Bowl | A Copper Leaf Bowl, used in a Japanese-style exhibition Garden. | 
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Burnby Hall Water Gardens | Pocklington, North Yorkshire In the delightful setting of gardens and ponds, featuring their national collection of Water lilies, Gary proudly shows off the copper Water Lily fountain, created for them in the year 2000 to mark the new millennium. It stands in a small pool, overlooked by a larger than life, copper Dragonfly, perched over a small stream. | 
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Copper Bowl | Produced for an enameller, to be decorated as a wedding anniversary gift. | 
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Copper Wren Fountain | The "Wren" copper water sculpture is totally individual, and shows just what can be achieved from this versatile medium. Picture reproduced by kind permission of Jon Jayes | 
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Copper Water Falls | These four, stylish copper containers, designed to stand against a wall on a patio or terrace, make up a self contained series of waterfalls. | 
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The Avenues Open Gardens | An annual, and very successful event in the city of Kingston upon Hull, the 'Avenues Open Gardens' is reputed to be the largest such event in the country. This wrought iron panel, stands in one of the gardens and will eventually be draped in climbing roses. |  |
Indian Bean Tree | The Indian Bean Tree, was one of several pieces created for the 2004 National Sculpture Exhibition, and stood in the grounds of Sausmarez Manor in St. Martin, Guernsey. Sausmarez Manor is the home of 'ArtParks International' Sculpture Park. | 
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Copper Pot & Dragonfly | The Dragonfly perched on the copper pot, was the idea of writer and journalist, Jon Jayes, together with his wife Pauline. It sits, forever overflowing into their Scottish garden. Picture reproduced by kind permission of Jon Jayes | 
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Ginger Lily Copper Fountain | Nestling in the 'Bamboo Glade' garden in East Yorkshire, this Ginger lily blends in perfectly with its surroundings. 'Bamboo Glade' is a small specialist nursery, concentrating mainly on bamboo, banana and Hedychium (Ginger Lily). The garden there is open to the public and can also be visited 'online' at their website www.bambooglade.com | 
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The Front Line - Hampton Court 2006 | A medal winning garden at the 2006 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show by designers Alison Down and Jan Alway, featuring several copper pieces which were made to the pair's specific requirements. Seen here is the unique solar powered, copper birdbath fountain, designed by them. Also featured were copper post tops and planters, each with the same, fluted design pattern. | 
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Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2006 | 'Garden Designs by Cheryl' & 'Classic Landscapes' were the force behind this Premier award winning garden at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2006. Featured in the garden were a matching pair of 'Fig Leaf' Copper Fountains, standing either side of the central pathway dividing the pond. Beautiful planting and copper used in the construction of the pergola and lighting, tied the whole garden together. | 
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Copper Dragonfly & Arum Fountain | A very simple, copper water feature, created for Garden Designer, Janet Dolling, to introduce water into the side of a pond. This elegant, Arrow-shaped leaf, arches over from the bank, with the water flowing from its stalk, back into the pool. | 
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Copper Gunnera Fountain | A single Gunnera leaf | 
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Gary Pickles t/a Metallic
Garden, 146 Ella Street, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire HU5 3AU
Tel: +44 (0)1482 342511
mailto:gary@metallicgarden.co.uk
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