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BRIXHAM TRAIL
ART REACHES NEW HEIGHTS
The Teignmouth to Dawlish sculpture TRAIL
has just been unveiled with pieces along the coastline created
by artists and community groups. The event runs until the
7th September with an indoor exhibition from 10th August. This
year, three pieces have been submitted by students and tutors
from Brixham Adult & Community Learning Centre. |
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Jenny Harriman, Head of Adult and Community
Learning, has been involved for the past four years creating sculptures
from driftwood, shells and other beach debris found on the strandline.
Her current piece called ‘Rock Pools' uses three
old metal wheels from a seed dibber to form the pools which are
filled with shells; shells that form oil when compacted by great
earth movements. |
| Each pool is intended to represent a
different pool – water, oil and blood. Her concept asks the observer
to consider that wars are currently over oil, but future wars
are likely to be over water with more pools of blood. |
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Members
of the Access to Community Education (ACE) group have worked
with artist and textile tutor, Kay Lynch, to create a stunning
piece called ‘Beautiful Drinker'.
This tall figure stands
gazing seaward wearing a multi-coloured cloak constructed of
knitted plastic bag squares with a surface decoration of bottle
tops. |
| Several volunteers have helped with
this project enabling disabled ACE members to create an eye-catching
piece. This recycled sculpture pays
homage to the beautiful and varied beaded textiles that have been
evident throughout the history of costume. |
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Six disabled people in the ACE Willow Work class
have created ‘A Plastic World for Birds' using
willow to create a nest-like structure on top of a wooden base
entwined with the strips of plastic used on vegetable boxes. This
is the third year that tutor, Vivienne Turner, has worked with
ACE. |
The
concept and finished pieces become more professional every year.
Two of the members of ACE working on this project are blind
and two others wheelchair bound. The ACE Pottery class and tutor,
Tessa Aimes, were co-opted to create the attractive pottery
birds sitting in the nest with their beaks open. These are being
fed by their parents but they have a short life expectancy with
plastic bags caught in their throats and the tape stuck in beaks.
All three pieces are
located near the Beachcomber café on Teignmouth sea front.
These pieces, like the rest of TRAIL, challenge visitors to
consider mans' environmental impact on the planet and to realise
that waste can be recycled into beauty. TRAIL maps can be collected
from all Torbay libraries and Tourist Information Centres. Further
details from TRAIL co-ordinator, Liz Lockyear, on LizLockyear@aol.com
or mob: 07753 816399. |
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Each September sculptures from the TRAIL move to
Brixham Adult and Community Learning Centre sculpture garden at
the entrance to the site off Westover Close. The centre will be
part of the Devon Open Studio trail across Torbay and work from
ACE students and other adult education Tutors will be on show
with free workshops throughout the week (15th – 19th Sept).
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| Full details of Brixham Open Studios
will be in the College prospectus available from August
18th at all local libraries or call 01803-853302.
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Other examples of Jenny's work, ACE textiles and
pottery are on view in the ‘Empty Shops' initiative in Middle
Street , Brixham. Further details of this initiative from Sarah
Welsh on 01803 856012 or mobile: 07770
750913. |
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