Design Work

A 40m Time Line for Durham Market Place. Photos show early stages of the design. The finished piece will be granite with cast bronze insets.

The first 3.5m, sort of what it'll look like...... oh and there will be bronze bits.

Wall Piece Installed

The final piece for the Oldham Integrated Care Centre is now installed.

April Showers Bring May Flowers (wall based Droplet)

The wall based droplet is now complete, parabolic lens and all!

The flower floats just above the surface of the sculpture... or does it?

Try to pick it up....

... there's nothing there!

Droplet Finished and in Place

The Droplet is sited here...http://www.community1stoldham.co.uk/LIFT-projects-detail.asp?id=13... on the second floor, audiology department.

The Painted Droplet

Today the Droplet returned from the spray shop in all its glory.

The colour flip paint goes between purple and green, with a few other colours depending on the light.

The reflective quality of the paint has astounded me... it is a million times better than I had ever imagined.

The final sanding

The finishing kit.

The piece has been primed and sanded, then primed and sanded... then primed and sanded again. I'm finally down to a 500 grit paper and the piece is smooth and ready for spraying.

To satisfy H&S the piece is being 'man tested'.

Can the piece can withstand the weight of a 12 stone man standing on its edge pulling from the top with out any movement?.... tick!!

Cast Completed May 26th 2010

Today we put the mould back together, laminating each piece in place.

Once together the cast was left to set thoroughly inside the mould.

Meanwhile the base was removed from its mould.

Once set the mould is removed piece by piece to reveal the cast inside.

The cast is compete...

The next few days will be spent sanding and finishing the surface of the cast in preparation for painting.