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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Windows onto the Past – Blaydon
We were back in the Tempest Street area this week, imagining the scene from 100 years ago, looking for clues as to who might be in and out of the back gates; how would arrangements be made so washing wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Artwork, Blaydon, Classroom, Coal, History, Place, Re-imagining, Residents, Stella, Streets, Washing, Windows
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Flower Power – Cowgate
This last two weeks I’ve had the pleasure of working with a group of young people from the YMCA on Cowgate. They have made the most exquisite ‘flowers’ that will also adorn our street intervention artwork. The end result should … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Intervention, Artwork, Cowgate, Drivers, Flowers, Housing Estate, Making, Ponteland Road, Residents, Sessions, Streets, YMCA
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Findings – Blaydon
I am enjoying how each journey reveals fresh historical nuggets, I always have an eye out for utility covers but, has anyone else spotted Smith Patterson bollards (replete with ‘Blaydon’ stamp)? This lovely example is on Tempest Street. Whilst not … Continue reading
