Sculptor and teacher who used mainly found objects which acquired a new meaning when assembled by him. He studied at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating in fine art, 1962–6, obtaining his master’s degree at University of Reading, 1966–8. Carter became principal of the City and Guilds of London Art School. He was Henry Moore Foundation artists fellow at Christ’s College and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 1990. Among Carter’s awards were Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Prize, Young Contemporaries, 1967, with a similar prize at Northern Young Contemporaries, 1968. He also gained an Arts Council Major Award, 1975–80. Carter was a prizewinner at Tolly Cobbold Open Exhibitions in 1977–85, and in 1988 gained Unilever Award in Whitechapel Open Exhibition.