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Showing posts with label Public Sculpture Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public Sculpture Project. Show all posts
Friday, January 17, 2014
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Elephant has landed!
I'm thrilled to have been commissioned to paint another elephant for the Elephant Parade .This year it's for their first ever UK Tour in partnership with Intu and supported by Elephant Communications
The Elephant Parade hope to reach over half the UK's population with their 'People's Parade', taking their herd of 100 elephants showing designs created by artists, young artists, designers and celebrities to 13 locations. The tour will be launched on the 17th July at a secret location, then starting on 21st July for 4 weeks at IntuWatford, will travel the country including venues at Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff and Nottingham.
The ParadeTour will for the first time include an educational programme aimed at schools, and will be running competitions to find the best young artists creating their elephant designs. Whilst raising awareness about the plight of endangered Asian elephants, thousands of designs produced by young people, will be
enjoyed digitally on big screens at the tour venues with winning designs being recreated on elephants that will join the herds locally.
My design called 'The Butterfly Effect' is inspired by the chaos theory that states that a small change in one place can result in a larger impact somewhere else.
I hope it highlights the importance of each individual making an effort to help the cause of elephant
conservation, however small ... because like the gentle flutter of a wing, even tiny events can cause ripples that have major impact and can lead to significant change.
The selections of butterflies are native to both Europe and Asia, indicating that elephant conservation is an issue which transcends national boundaries. On a purely visual level the colourful palette and beautiful butterflies are joyous and appeal to the child in us all.
I'll be posting regular updates of my progress on twitter at ArtistJVC
The Elephant Parade hope to reach over half the UK's population with their 'People's Parade', taking their herd of 100 elephants showing designs created by artists, young artists, designers and celebrities to 13 locations. The tour will be launched on the 17th July at a secret location, then starting on 21st July for 4 weeks at IntuWatford, will travel the country including venues at Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff and Nottingham.
The ParadeTour will for the first time include an educational programme aimed at schools, and will be running competitions to find the best young artists creating their elephant designs. Whilst raising awareness about the plight of endangered Asian elephants, thousands of designs produced by young people, will be
enjoyed digitally on big screens at the tour venues with winning designs being recreated on elephants that will join the herds locally.
My design called 'The Butterfly Effect' is inspired by the chaos theory that states that a small change in one place can result in a larger impact somewhere else.
I hope it highlights the importance of each individual making an effort to help the cause of elephant
conservation, however small ... because like the gentle flutter of a wing, even tiny events can cause ripples that have major impact and can lead to significant change.
The selections of butterflies are native to both Europe and Asia, indicating that elephant conservation is an issue which transcends national boundaries. On a purely visual level the colourful palette and beautiful butterflies are joyous and appeal to the child in us all.
I'll be posting regular updates of my progress on twitter at ArtistJVC
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
London Elephant Parade wins award
The London Elephant Parade has won the award for London Cultural Attraction of the Year at the London Lifestyle Awards 2010, presented by View London. They are a celebration of London and the lifestyles within and what made this award ceremony unique and unrivalled is that the nominations were made solely by the public. I was thrilled to be part of such a popular, fun and worthwhile event.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Lions of Bath Charity Auction
Roartork will go under the hammer tomorrow Friday 15th Oct at The Assembly Rooms Bath, in the first of two charity auctions organised by Lions of Bath to raise money for 'Off the Record' which supports the needs of young carers, and 2 other local charities.
A big thank you to Rotork for sponsoring him and Thermae Spa for taking him to their hearts this summer in his temporary home.
There are still a few tickets available to this fun gala event which includes a Champagne Reception, Dinner and live entertainment from Roger Wright, the original 'Simba' in the Lion King. http://www.lionsofbath.co.uk/home
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
King Edward goes to a new home
Wild in Art and Northampton Borough Council put on a fantastic public Art project throughout the summer delighting locals and visitors like this young lion tamer.
King Edward is off to his new home after the 40 'Pride of Northampton' lions were auctioned for a grand total of over £65,000 which goes to the Born Free Foundation and Cynthia Spencer Hospice.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Farewell to the London Elephants
The 260 Elephants in the London Elephant Parade have now all been sold at auction, fetching an amazing total of £4,008,425. A fantastic contribution to the Elephant Family charity who aim to conserve the natural habitat of the endangered Asian elephant.
Support their cause by signing the petition to help raise awareness at http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/petition/
Thank you everyone at the Elephant Family who have made this such a fun and worthwhile project to be part off.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
London Elephants online auction now open
The online auction has now opened for bids to be placed on the Elephants in the London Elephant Parade at http://www.givinglots.co.uk/
Roselephant is number 122 on the map, here she is enjoying the sunshine on the South Bank
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