The Latymer School Courtyard Sculptures
Jousting Windmills - shapes inspired by the heraldry of the school crest and a holiday sailing on the Norfolk Broads.
Every year since 2009, I have run a two day workshop with year seven pupils at The Latymer Grammar School in Edmonton. Two groups of thirty pupils take part, working on consecutive days constructing a sculpture (or sculptures)to then be shown in the central courtyard until the following year when it is replaced by a new one.
Abacus - 2010 - Marking the schools Centenary.
Trees - 2011
Sawing, drilling, hammering, stencilling.
Olympic - 2012
Olympic rings from foam pipe and tape. Lots of cable ties, bamboo and some old windsurfer masts.
Spirit House - 2013
Sawing, drilling, nailing screwing, weaving, carving, gilding.
Trojan Horse - 2014
Lots of sawing, hammering, drilling and screw driving.
Colony Collapse - 2015
Cutting, measuring, drilling and riveting.
Bleached Coral - 2016
Bending and modelling metal, mixing and applying plaster and scrim. Sawing and nailing wood.
Ark- 2017
Sawing, sanding, drilling, nailing, screw driving.
Next year will be my tenth in a row.