Matt Black Barn is the home and working studios of sculptors Laura Ford and Andrew Sabin, set within 15 acres of West Sussex landscape between the South Downs and Chichester Harbour.

It is a place built around professional practice — two artists, each with over 40 years of continuous making behind them, working on site at the scale and ambition their work demands. Both share a long-held enthusiasm for communicating the importance of sculpture as a tool for understanding the world.

The studios are large, light-filled and fully equipped for even the most experimental and technically complex of projects, supported by a steel fabrication space, archive, warehouse and gallery. The grounds extend the work outdoors: 4 acres of wildflower meadow, a 3-acre lake, a chalk stream and ancient woodland offer both a context for testing sculpture in landscape and a serious commitment to rewilding and habitat restoration.

MBB Studios sits at the heart of the organisation — supporting the ongoing development and presentation of Laura and Andrew's work, building relationships and creating opportunities for collectors and arts professionals to engage directly with practice and place.

MBB CIC is the community and learning arm, offering schools, colleges, universities and community groups access to the studios, the artists and the ideas that shape their work. Rooted in Laura and Andrew's many years teaching at London art schools, the programme connects the rigour of professional practice with the enthusiasm of new audiences.

Together they form Matt Black Barn — a place for making, learning, exchange, and deep engagement with sculptural practice and the natural world.