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A Christmas Collection

November, 2020

During the long Covid lockdowns, we had a lot of fun at the workshop making a small selection of Christmas gifts in editions of 15 - 25. Each comes carefully packed in a really well-made recycled box which the local ladies around my workshop produce for me. If ..More

The Year of the Rat

January, 2020

Welcome to the Year of the Rat! One of my favourite clients, Singapore’s prestigious Gardens by the Bay, are getting ready to unveil this year’s Chinese New Year’s Dahlia Dreams presentation featuring 12 oversized driftwood rats which I made specially for ..More

My Journey of Giraffes

December, 2019

In 2011 China was selected by the AIHP (Association of International Horticultural Producers) to host the 2019 International [](http://jamesdoranwebb.com/ufiles/jimup/Molly_and_her_family_at_sunset.jpg) Horticultural Exposition which officially opened 29 April. Name ..More

Christmas Exhibition

November, 2019

My younger brother succumbed to his Glioblastoma last October. So much of my last 18 months have been dictated by his needs and trying to mitigate his suffering and now that he’s gone there is the vacuum of both Toms’ absence – him as the vibrant, quick witted and ..More

Chelsea Flower Show 2019

May, 2019

A Picturial of the set-up of my 2019 Chelsea Flower Show! My 105sqm plot partially excavated in preparation for the arrival of the Tree of Life and other sculptures! Adam in his telehandler discharges 2 tons of the Tree of Life structure The subteranean b ..More

December, 2018

Many thanks to all those who placed bids in my Christmas auction. I cannot tell you how much this means for me and my family. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! James ..More

Chelsea Flower Show 2018

April, 2018

Preparing for the Chelsea Flower Show 2018 No blame for not reading all of this. I have brilliant advisors, who make commendable efforts to get me to post more frequently but no more than a paragraph being the maximum that today’s embattled attention span can manage. Thi ..More

February, 2018

Giraffes are on my mind, hence I called Rolando, my long suffering videographer and cameraman, and we set out for Calauit. Calauit is an island, or almost an island since it is connected by a finger of land, off the coast of Busuanga, Northern Palawan, the western most ..More

Animalier - a cocktail table book of James Doran-Webb

November, 2017

"I am addicted to creating. As a shy 3 year old I am told that nothing pleased me more than being holed up in my playroom building ever larger lego structures and I have not looked back since…." So begins the introduction of my 110 page cockta ..More

Solo exhibition - 2017

October, 2017

This year’s Solo Exhibition, hosted by Nicholas in his wonderful Eton Contemporary Fine Art Gallery along Eton High Street, includes a new direction of work for me. Most exciting are my two animal heads. The head of the animal is the keystone for conveying ..More

Chelsea Flower Show 2017

March, 2017

I make for the Chelsea Flower Show. Everything else that happens during the year is almost a footnote. Every year I seem to push myself a little harder, make something a little bit more ambitious and stretch my craftsmanship abilities. So what’s new this year? ..More

My Solo Exhibition - Autumn 2016

October, 2016

The year spins around dangerously fast! Autumn arrives bringing a whirlwind of activity as I put the finishing touches on my solo exhibition. I was so fortunate years ago to have been introduced to Nicholas, the owner of The Eton Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, a picturesque galle ..More

Mag Anak - the making of a driftwood sculpture of Philippine Eagles

October, 2016

The Philippine Eagle. Or in Filipino, the Haring Ibon or King Bird. And it is; with a wingspan of two metres it is officially (at least according to Wikipedia) the largest extant eagle in the world. There we go, one more over the Western world! Mind you, the Ba ..More

May, 2016

Aureljia, who has done a fantastic job of handling the social media and marketing of my different social projects, 80,000 trees and Bantayan crafts etc is often reminding me to post more to my Facebook page - an image or two of something being made, me welding some ..More

The Chelsea Flower Show 2016 - May 24 to 28

April, 2016

I am the typecast workaholic. Ask my wife. I’ve recently read that workaholism is a genetic condition used as a prop to “overcome feelings of inadequacy and emotional discomfort” which is a slightly uncomfortable thought but hell, it’s not entirely the fault of my foreb ..More

The Monkeys of the New Year

January, 2016

I have kept a wary distance from anything that remotely resembles the human form - I have made animals in some manner or other since my early teens but never in my 30 years of craftsmanship have I ventured into the human aesthetic... Enter the vibrant management of Garde ..More

The Wyvern in the Baobabs

February, 2015

For some years I have toyed with the idea of creating a Dragon, so imagine my excitement when, during my visit to Singapore in 2013 to install my cameo of three galloping thoroughbreds, Doctor Tan, CEO of Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay asked me if I might be able to make a Wyve ..More

Chelsea Flower Show 2014

May, 2014

My third year at the Chelsea Flower Show and by all accounts I consider myself a veteran! Seasons pass to the rhythm of the Chelsea calendar. June is reflection month - with the buzz of the previous Chelsea resounding in one's ears, one plans for the next. July is refinement, ..More

The Rutting Stags In Bronze

July, 2013

David Goode, a reknowned artist famous for his quirky sculptures of Gnome baiting Elves and Goblins, has spent the better part of the last year preparing my driftwood sculpture of two rutting stags for casting in bronze to make a limited edition of 10 Rutting Stags. The Ru ..More

Chelsea Flower Show 2013

May, 2013

The Chelsea Flower Show 2013 has been and gone in lightning speed. From the submission of the original concept drawings last September 2012 through the preparation of stand and sculptures, to the build in early May through the show itself, it all seems to be part of a half re ..More

The Tree Climbing Lions of Lake Manyara

April, 2013

Mid 2012 I started work on the centrepiece for my Chelsea 2013 exhibition. Always drawn to new challenges and subject matter, I was overjoyed to find a massive long dead tree, still standing, that seemed to be crying out for a pride of lions! Final sketch of the Tree Cli ..More

The Rearing Stallion at Close House Golf Course

March, 2013

Back in March, 2013, on a blustery windswept morning, I travelled to Newcastle Upon Tyne to install the brother of the Oakley Court Rearing Stallion in Close House, an exclusive golf course 20km outside of Newcastle. The HIAB arrived not long after me and we off-loaded the R ..More

Delivering Crusader

August, 2012

Diomedes, a life sized jumping stallion, who has been stabled in Holland since last November, arrived at his new home in the Stockbridge Gallery last week on an impressively large lorry. It took 6 strapping lads and a fair amount of logistics nouse to inch him into the front ..More

The Chelsea Experience

May, 2012

Scouting around for information to prepare me for the Chelsea Flower Show installation, I was struck by other exhibitor’s use of the word “Build” in relation to the preparation of their exhibit / garden. Not “Set-Up” but “BUILD” –a touch pretentious perhaps? ..More

Preparations for Chelsea 2012

December, 2011

I am working long hours completing sculptures that I will be exhibiting at the Animal Art Fair in Southawk London from 17 to 20 Mayhttp://www.animalartfair.com/visit-the-fair/ and the Chelsea Flower Show from 22 to 26 May. My stand faces the Southern Road entrance – SR37. ..More

March, 2011

Work wise, 2011 got off to a very slow start. Just after Christmas I was admitted to hospital with a ruptured appendix and a bad case of septicaemia. It was an unpleasant experience and one which I hope not to repeat too soon. However medical problems at the beginning ..More

Delivering Sculptures

June, 2010

Delivering my sculptures to destination turns into a massive ego trip. If being noticed is your "thing", try strapping a horse onto the back of your pick-up. It works every time. Young children are especially appreciative of my art!! Not yet of the age where showing i ..More

Solo Exhibition at St Helier

April, 2010

I have had a brilliant year! In May 2010 Falle Fine Art Gallery of St Helier, Jersey, hosted a solo exhibition for me. Jersey is an island off the south coast of England (actually closer to France). It was a great success. Many of my exhibits were sold during the first h ..More

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