Jo Sweeting

Jo Sweeting is a sculptor, lettercarver and printmaker based in Sussex whose work explores themes of transformation, landscape, memory, and the process of time. Drawing inspiration from both natural and abstract forms, she works predominantly with stone but also in bronze, wood and paper. Sweeting studied Fine Art Sculpture at Leeds School of Art and Newcastle Polytechnic. Her approach is deeply influenced by her love of language, the dialect of the British Isles and poetry. Her work explores the complex relationships between memory, the body and the natural world.

By embedding words in stone – a material associated with strength and permanence – she seeks to capture fleeting human emotions and insights, preserving a memory in time. Her stone work honours the form of the original block throughout, wrapping around the form rather than piercing or obliterating it. The scale of her work ranges from small pebble to monumental. Sweeting has written a memoir published in 2025 by Pat Randle at Nomad Press. Titled ‘Long Ground – A Carver’s Notes’, it is illustrated with her woodcuts.

Public Collections include:
Kensington Gardens, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; American Express Stadium; Lettering Arts National Collection; Quaker Peace Garden, Seaford