A new year, a new project
Absolutely chuffed to be working with The Bowes Museum on a new project for this summer centred around their amazing ceramics collection. The Bowes Museum is a like a huge French chateau landed in the idyllic market town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, UK. It was established by Joséphine and John Bowes in the […]
More public art for Leeds!
Delighted to be working with artist David Hawkins and folk at St George’s Crypt to create a new piece of public art for Leeds. The launch of Ribbons this year and of Hibiscus Rising by Yinka Shonibare in 2023 marks a new direction for public art programming in Leeds that aims to raise up the […]
Playshapes at Belsay Hall
New ventures ahoy with PlayfulAnywhere! A new set of PlayShapes is popping up at Belsay Hall over half term if you’re in the area and fancy a play. Sessions last 45 mins and are available at half past the hour from 10.30am. Each session costs £3.50 for members and £4 non-members (non-members will also need […]
Ribbons dedication
After a whirlwind week, here’s a short film about Ribbons which includes interviews with some of the amazing women on the sculpture. I’ve dedicated Ribbons to my mum Sue Hale. She fought to give me the education and opportunities that she never had growing up and drummed into me from an early age that I could […]
Ribbons launch
Well what an amazing weekend! I cannot express how wonderful it was to meet some of the women whose names are included on Ribbons. For so long they’ve been names on a spreadsheet and to finally meet them and their families was a real privilege – humbling, uplifting, emotional and utterly joyful. There was a […]
Installing Ribbons
After 5 long years Ribbons is finally in the ground!! I cannot express how happy and relieved I am as there have been so, so, so, so many challenges along the way. Anyway here’s a few pics of the sculpture being installed. Massive thanks to @fishfabrications @skyhooksengineering @woodlogistics @gandr_electrical_leeds and @flexipave! Public launch event Saturday 12 October 2024, 1-4pm at Leeds […]
Cambridge Playlaws unveiled
A wonderful few days spent launching the Cambridge Playlaws with @playfulanywhere and @hilarycoxcondron. The Playlaws are a set of 10.6 rules displayed as plaques encouraging people to more playful in public spaces. There’s 10.6 because the project is funded by Section 106 developer contributions. They were made with over 4,500 local people and prompts do something fun or […]
Installing the Cambridge Playlaw plaques
The Cambridge Playlaws are up! Thanks to all our partners and host venues including the Cambridge City Council, Cambridge Junction, Cambridge Leisure Park, CB1, Hot Numbers, The Leys School and Greater Anglia. And of course to Andy + Wayne from CCC and Sam + John from Hibbitts for installing the them. The plaques will be […]
Making the Cambridge Playlaw plaques
The Cambridge Playlaws plaques have now been made! 10.6 playlaws have been selected from 450 suggestions made by Cambridge citizens and fabricated into beautiful, bright yellow plaques by Leander Architectural. Their workshop is like stepping back in time as they use traditional moulding and casting techniques and the plaques are all hand painted. The place […]
Fabrication
Great to see Ribbons coming together at Fish Fabrications! Sam and his team are doing an awesome job of putting together a really complex structure and it looks absolutely stunning. Many thanks to Sam, Pete and Lucy @fishfabrications and Jack @skyhooksengineering. Nearly there! Photos 3-6, 8-9 by @juleslister, photos 1-2, 7 by me