Working in the Norfolk countryside, Brian specialises in both ornamental and architectural lead work, creating everything from fountains and cisterns, to planters, ornate hoppers and downpipes and historical statues.  “It is 100 percent recyclable,” says Brian. “Some of the metal I use may have been worked up to six times before, possibly as far back as the Romans.”  Brian takes great pride in the fact that what he produces should last for many hundreds of years and that every piece is completely unique.  No-one else in the UK is working in the particular way he is, or to such scale: he can cast panels 1800mm long x 9mm and 900mm wide.

 “Sadly, once I retire,” says Brian, “there will be no-one left with my idiosyncratic skill set.”