My UFO finally lands in Leeds. Perhaps more street furniture than sculpture, it illuminates the industrial forge beneath it. Over and out.

 

 

 

 

 

My UFO sculpture for BAM Ltd and the Canal/River/Railway site in Leeds taking shape in David Kendrew's metal workshop today in Harrogate. The photo shows it upside down before all the metal panels have been attached. Hopefully the project will be on site in a couple of weeks.

 

Nice article about the Low Parkamoor project as a great place to stay:

http://www.designtripper.com/2011/03/stay-parkamoor/

 

As of today the 'solar powered UFO sculpture'  goes into production in Kendrew's metalwork workshop in Harrogate. I have been  working on the designs for the artwork to sit ontop of the exisitng cast iron drop forge since 2007. When finished it will be situated at the meeting point between the canal, and Whitehall road in Leeds, clearly visable from the train on the way from Leeds to London. The next 10 weeks will be interesting especially as Laura is expecting a baby in the next few weeks. 

 

Architecture graduate Berni Valdes cycling our voting proposal around Liverpool at the end of October. Click here for more info http://herewevote.tumblr.com/

The blown up head of Homer Simpson sits half submerged in the ground. It has been sliced through as in a building section to create different types of seating for students at the school in Bristol to hang out in. Pleased to say that the commissionerd liked this one on intial inspection....

 

 

The initial proposal for the outside classroom for the Building Schools for the Future Program is still in the pipeline. Above is a render from the proposal document, the full version is available online through the link below. 

Bristol initial proposal document

 

Pleased to find a letter on the doormat the other day to say that the sculpture commission for BAM ltd, at the Allies and Morrison development in Leeds City Centre, has recieved planning consent. The artwork will be clearly visible from the London Leeds train and the canal as you come into the train station. Look forward to updating the blog with some of the drawings and photos as it goes into manufacture.

Check out the the latest on the Road to Voting project through the blog:

http://futurehustings.tumblr.com/

Hannah Martin and Berni Valdes building a voting booth experiment as part of the Road to Voting project. 

 

Pleased to announce after two years of late nights I have graduated from the BA at sheffield university architecture school with a first class Degree. First I designed a housing scheme in the yorkshire town of Goole, then a polling station for Birmingham. Here is a concept drawing for the Goole project. I am please to be able to report that Architectural teaching at sheffield and the standard of the students was really impressive. There was a whole lot more drawing and communication education going down than in any art school I have been to recently.