A selection of work made in public over about thirty years, consisting mainly of murals.
Featherstone Nursery.
Erdington Birmingham 1994 / 5
Seasons panels, starting with winter.
The colder months
The warmer months
News paper clipping (Mural Magic !)
"Stained" P.V.A. and tissue paper windows.
Actually stuck onto the nursery windows.
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Papier-mâché stick puppets
Murals Rhondda
1985 / 86
This was a large project, I was leading a team of about a dozen spirited people, between 20 and 30 years old.
There are many more pictures due to appear on this blog. Indeed, it could probably form a blog of its own.
Clydach Vale, Disco Mural
Most of the (spirited) team.
The football mural (upstairs)
Gary Griffiths, sadly no longer with us.
Chapel
A Guy for Pipe Hayes Bonfire Night.
c. 2007
Jaffrey School Erdington.
"The Ratz"
1994
They decided to close Jaffrey down before they were inspected by OFSTED. They held a large school play, put together during the final months in order to keep some kind of moral up.
I helped them put the scenery together at each end of the gym.
I had a team of half a dozen who designed and painted the street scene above.
Birmingham Town Hall
I mapped the design out and tow of the more senior students painted it out.
Tree of Life
World War 1 Project
c 2008
I'm afraid I can't remember which primary school this was in.
I welded the frames at Margaret Street, Birmingham and the children imprinted peace drawings on thin copper sheet which I then soldered onto the metal flags.
Children's Garden
Heartlands Hospital Birmingham 2005 / 6
I basically put shelters into the garden to house papier-mâché animals that Sue Ryder had made in a therapy centre near Solihull.
It was quite a forlorn area really and a place for children to spend whilst waiting to see consultants and similar stressful things.
I was able to include various items from different, previous ventures.
My own papier-mâché creatures!
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Featherstone Nursery.
Erdington Birmingham 1994 / 5
Seasons panels, starting with winter.
The colder months
The warmer months
News paper clipping (Mural Magic !)
"Stained" P.V.A. and tissue paper windows.
Actually stuck onto the nursery windows.
*
Papier-mâché stick puppets
Murals Rhondda
1985 / 86
This was a large project, I was leading a team of about a dozen spirited people, between 20 and 30 years old.
There are many more pictures due to appear on this blog. Indeed, it could probably form a blog of its own.
Clydach Vale, Disco Mural
Most of the (spirited) team.
The football mural (upstairs)
Gary Griffiths, sadly no longer with us.
Chapel
A Guy for Pipe Hayes Bonfire Night.
c. 2007
Jaffrey School Erdington.
"The Ratz"
1994
They decided to close Jaffrey down before they were inspected by OFSTED. They held a large school play, put together during the final months in order to keep some kind of moral up.
I helped them put the scenery together at each end of the gym.
I had a team of half a dozen who designed and painted the street scene above.
Birmingham Town Hall
I mapped the design out and tow of the more senior students painted it out.
Tree of Life
World War 1 Project
c 2008
I'm afraid I can't remember which primary school this was in.
I welded the frames at Margaret Street, Birmingham and the children imprinted peace drawings on thin copper sheet which I then soldered onto the metal flags.
Children's Garden
Heartlands Hospital Birmingham 2005 / 6
I basically put shelters into the garden to house papier-mâché animals that Sue Ryder had made in a therapy centre near Solihull.
It was quite a forlorn area really and a place for children to spend whilst waiting to see consultants and similar stressful things.
I was able to include various items from different, previous ventures.
My own papier-mâché creatures!
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Birmingham Central Library, Summer 2009
Ground floor windows
Painted on a dozen 4ft x 8ft polystyrene sheets, with different kinds of paint mixed with P.V.A.
The sheets were given to me by Bob Morris when he left his studio in Ladywood.
I felt that Jason got too much credit and his team of helpers could do with a bit more exposure.
A more complete image is needed of the frieze and the side of the building.
Latterly, moved to "The Cube" above Wilton Market, Erdington High Street, Summer 2010
To the right of these heroes is the only bit of evidence I have left of the "Driftwood Gates" I constructed for the centre.
Link to further images:
Perry Barr Bus Depot
Winter 2008
I was commissioned by Claire Farrell, from E.C. Arts and National Express to paint a series of five murals to depict the changing face of the local bus service since it started as a tram service in the early 1900's.
Tram workshop
60's - 70's
Grand opening.
I don't have any images of the murals with the frames to hand.
Birmingham City Centre, Summer 2008
Basically an architectural extravaganza lasting about a month in a triangle of waste ground overlooked by the Matthew Bolton College and comprising of a series of events.
This was put together by the SOZO collective and in particular Dave Pollard.
The opening event.
Vector Graphics
The main layout with "foreign" revolutionary script.
Yenton Infant School
Erdington
I worked at Yenton off and on for a couple of years, 98, 99.
With the large murals, it was with one particular year although I did a fair bit of painting with other classes.
The main wall of murals, covering topics on the actual curriculum as they emerged and passed.
And finally, a kind of tail end. A series of warm up poster paint pictures, produced before I embarked on the main projects.
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