Public Art in St. George’s Park

The arch on the south-east gateway to St. George’s Park  was created in 2008 by Master Blacksmith Bill Cordaroy, from East Ruston.  His design of abstracted fishing nets and seaweed reflects styles from the nearby former Art School.

The wooden carved sculpture of St George slaying the dragon seen beyond the gate in this photograph was carved by Mark Goldsworthy from Bungay.

The public art in St. George’s was commissioned as part of the Cleaner, Safer, Greener scheme with funding from the DCLG under the Safer and Stronger Communities funding stream, with supporting funding from Great Yarmouth Borough Council.  To find out more see an article on the Green Flag Award on the Council’s website here.

Public Art: Herring Arch by Nigel Barnett

This is a detail of the Herring Arch over the north entrance to St. George’s Park.  The arch was created by master blacksmith, Nigel Barnett of Fransham Forge.

The arch, constructed in mild steel and representing ropes intertwined with herrings, seaweed and star fish, was commissioned by the Great Yarmouth Borough Council under the supervision of Darren Barker, as part of the St. George’s Park refurbishment project undertaken in 2008 by the Borough and County Councils in partnership with Mott MacDonald, May Gurney and GYB Services.

St George’s Park was awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award from the Civic Trust in 2008.  Photograph by Derek Jackson.

Charlotte Howarth

Congratulations to Charlotte Howarth who has been selected for the Grat Yarmouth Central Library Public Art Commission advertised earlier on EastCoastNet.

Charlotte is a sculptor, designer, stone carver and letterer. Working in a variety of materials, stone, wood and steel, her work shows a deep sensitivity to line, pattern and texture. Her work is influenced by the tradition of recording events from everyday life, creating a document to give future generations an insight and understanding into our lives and times.

She has successfully completed a variety of public art commissions and has developed a strong understanding of community involvement, incorporating many different approaches, working with a wide variety of community groups with a diverse range of abilities. Charlotte also works on a range of private commissions including sculptures and lettering design as well as working on her own projects for exhibition.

Illustrated: Children at Play by Charlotte Howarth, brick, 300×300c6cm, 2007, Old Firestation, Fountain Estate, Londonderry.  To find out more about this project go to Charlotte’s page on Axis by clicking here

After studying lettering at the City and Guilds of London Art School (1st) Charlotte worked as an assistant to Richard Kindersley at his workshop in London.  She then went to work in Cork for 6 years as an assistant to Ken Thompson, where she developed her work on larger than life figurative carvings, Stations of the Cross and inscriptional work, both small and large scale.  Charlotte is now based at Kings Lynn and in 2005 set up Making Marks Ltd, as a focus for her work within the public arena.

Mother & Child in Limbo, public art in Great Yarmouth

Mother and Child, carving in York stone, by Bridget Heriz, commissioned for the Cobholm and Lichfield  Resource Centre by the Bridge Trust, 2006, funded by SRB5.  The sculpture has been moved whilst building works are taking place to extend the Resource Centre and I hope this photographic compilation (background from the avenue in the graveyard) does not relate to the fate of the sculpture!

April 2010:  The carving has been relocated in the new foyer of the Cobholm and Lichfield Resource Centre.  It looks fine in its new setting apart from the notices mounted on the wall unnecessarily close the sculpture.

Public Art by Andrew Tanser, Middlegate Garden

Stone Sofa by Andrew Tanser, 2004, photograph by Derek Jackson 2009

This stone carving by Andrew Tanser was commissioned in 2004 as part of the Middlegate Garden project funded by SRB, Integreat and GYBC.  Andrew also designed the massive gates.  Andrew lead workshops with young residents from the surrounding estate, who participated in the project to improve this garden area between the two English Heritage sites on South Quay.  For more information on Andrew’s work click here to view his website.

Public Art, Mark Goldsworthy, Lichfield Community Centre

Chalky White, a fisherman counting in the fish with the assistance of his cat, looks out upons the play area at the Lichfield Community Centre, Suffolk Road.   The sculpture by Mark Goldsworthy commemorates 1,000 years of maritime history in Great Yarmouth and is carved from the trunk of an oak tree.   The work was funded by SRB5.

Mark also created the St.George and the Dragon sculpture in St. George’s Park.

Mark attended foundation course at Great Yarmouth College of Art and Design in 1981-82 before going on to Manchester Polytechnic.  For more information, click here to view his website.

Public Art by Alison Atkins, Middlegate Garden

The Wish is the work of Alison Atkins. The sculpture, made from corten steel, was installed in 2004 in Middlegate Garden, between the English Heritage Row Houses on South Quay. Alison was commissioned through a competition conceived and arranged by Darren Barker for final year students at Norwich Art School. It was funded by SRB, Integreat and GYBC, with a contribution from the Arts Generate Fund, Arts Council England East, administered by The SeaChange Trust.
Alison also created the bronze swill baskets located at the same site and Andrew Tanser carved the stone Sofa.  Both Alison and Andrew worked with young people from the surrounding area who were closely involved in the project to improve the garden.  To find out more about the project, click here to view Andrew Tanser’s website. The photographs are by Derek Jackson.

The Wish, by Alison Atkins

Public Art, St. George’s Park

Sculpture in St. George's Park

This beautiful photograph of the sculpture at the southwest entrance to St. George’s Park was taken by Derek  Jackson.  The sculpture was installed in 2008 when improvements to the park were undertaken.  Funded by GYBC and NCC, the original design by Darren Barker was made by the artist blacksmith, Nigel Barnett from Fransham Forge, Norfolk, incorporating the birds created by Ros Newman from Norwich.

This the first of what hopefully will become a full record of all the public art, past and present, in the Borough.

Bridget Heriz at Framlingham Summer Festival

Bridget is sharing an Open Studio event with the printmaker Jude Lockie as part of the 2009 Framlingham Summer Festival.  The studio will be open for the weekend 27th -28th June and Bridget will be attending for the day on Sunday 28th 10.-17.oo hrs.  The studio is at 22-24 Fore Street, Framlingham, IP13 9DF (rear of Fine Design). The whole festival runs from 26th June-5th July (with Julian Lloyd Webber performing at Framlingham College on Friday 3rd July). 

JANICE BURGOYNE

Terracotta sculpture by Janice Burgoyne, height 15 ins.