In the garden
Sculptor Mike Savage works with sheet metal to create pieces inspired by the natural world. These birds are made from copper. Each perches on a slender wire, or can be sited on a flat surface as if perching. They are coloured by heat with a solution of copper nitrate, then protected with beeswax. Mike creates sculptures on a range of scales, from giant seed pods to life-size shoals of swimming fish, at his studio in Emsworth, Hampshire.