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Bews/Gorvin Public Realm Commissions

Bews/Gorvin Collaborations = B/G
Philip Bews Commissions = PB
Diane Gorvin Commissions = DG

Current work – designing/making commissions for Bird Bridge, Fish Dipping Platform & Fox Waymarker for Nan Wood, Manchester. Shortlisted for a major for commission for Fountain Street, Belfast

2008
♣ Designed artworks - Britool’s Bower for Keepmoat Homes, Wolverhampton; (Project Budget frozen due to housing downturn) B/G
♦ Life’s a Journey Bronze, Stainless steel boat, LEDs, height 4.8m Castlereagh Heath Centre Belfast B/G
♣ Woodland Entrance, Two green oak carved post sculptures, H 3m Alderman Rogers Park, Manchester PB
2007
♦ Tri-Flight, three sculptural fins, stone, stainless steel & brass, Filton, Bristol B/G
♦ Ebb and Flow height 6m stainless steel, Newport B/G
♦ Design of coloured fused glass panels for railings, Newport, collaboration with Jackson/Fawkes DG
♣ Story Circle 3m high green oak arch with seats and carved post sculptures, Wythenshawe Park PB
2006
♣ Skyward height 5m oak, bronze, chromed bronze, sculptural seat Elborough Village, Somerset B/G
♦ Big Dart Fan 5.5m high oak sculpture for Dartford Football Stadium B/G
♣ Acorn & Seed Seats oak and Portland stone, Whitely, Hampshire B/G
♦ Imagined Landscapes - oak & cast glass screens, with living bamboo, Musgrave Hospital, Belfast B/G
♦ Cardiff Swimmers five GRC relief panels for Harrowby Street, Cardiff DG
♣ Woodland Waymarkers three 2.m high carved oak posts, Darwen PB
2005
♦ Abingdon A - height 3.5, carved Portland stone pillars, cast glass shells, bronze masks, semi circular oak seating and garden design, Abingdon B/G
♣ Meadow Seat - length 4m, carved oak, Wythenshawe Park, Manchester PB
2004
♦ Aspire - Wolverhampton Science Park. cast glass, stainless steel, coloured moving lights and water B/G
♣ Spiral Elements - three oak carved seats & stone carved wall copings, Blockley PB
♦ Shooting Star and Planet Bench - 4m high carved beech, Bristol PB
♣ Swan Seat - carved oak 3.7m long, Pickmere, Cheshire PB
2003
♦ C-Interludes - Bute Street, Cardiff, using glass, bronze and stainless steel B/G
♦ The Coal Catchers - gate/fence designs for Titford Pump House, Titford DG
♣ Echoing Walls bronze masks in an old stonewall, Sculpture Biennial, Rincon de Ademuz Spain. Silver award by the vote of the participating sculptors DG
♣ The Arrivall a design for a large wood construction, Tewkesbury, clients raising funds PB
2002
♦ Concept to Creation - three Cedar Obelisks linked by a stainless steel tube supporting a bonze figure & head, Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna, B.C. Canada B/G
♣ The White Horse Kiss - two carved trees at Fynamore School, Westbury Leigh PB
♦ Elephant Tower - a 5m high carved cedar tree at Bristol Zoo PB
♣ Weaver Flat - carved oak boat seat, for Dutton Locks, Cheshire; PB
♣ Trail of Words - carved oak railings based on poems by Jackie Kay, Burnley PB
♣ Taurus Bull - constructed and carved oak, 5m high, Taurus Crafts, Lydney PB
2001
♦ Pocket Park - steel railings, two bronze geese & an oak moon seat, Cirencester B/G
♦ Tree of Life - a 6m high carved cedar tree at Bristol Zoo PB
♣ Ancient Woodland - carved beech seat, 4m length, Marbury Park, Cheshire PB
2000
♦ King of the Wood - two bronze masks, carved oak supports Aspects Leisure Park, Kingswood, Bristol B/G
♦ Pattern of Life - two bronze relief panels approx 2m sq, Chorley DG
♣ Nurturing Nature - two figures carved from oak trees, Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire PB
♦ Time Tower - a constructed and carved oak tower for Bromyard PB
♦ Mercia Man - a 6m high carved beech tree, Hereford PB
1999
♦ Founding - 3 large arch and wedge steel structures 6m high, 24m long with cut out designs depicting local industries a 20m high steel ‘flame’ tower and a 3m high ‘worker’ bronze figure, Dudley B/G
♦ Flora’s Garden - a Portland stone seat and drinking fountain with steel screen/arch designed by local people, commissioned by Sustrans and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead B/G
♦ Festival Friendships - four stainless steel 6m high columns topped by bronze masks and copper ribbons with bronze bases of the world, Watford B/G
♣ Weaver Park Gate - design based on workshops with children, Winsford DG
♦ Miners Memorial - steel structures, red sandstone figures, Cinderford PB
♣ Fish Seat carved oak seat for Shakerley Mere, Cheshire County Council PB
1998
♣ Green People – three figures. carved beech tree, Marbury Park, Cheshire PB
♣ Fish Man - 2.5m high carved & constructed oak - sited in a pond, Macclesfield PB
1997
♦ Electrolysis - stone/stainless steel/glass sculpture commissioned by ICI, Castner Kellner, Runcorn B/G
♦ Old Father Thames - Coin Street Festival, wood structure 8m high, commissioned by Sustrans, London B/G
♣ Gateways for Marshall’s Arm Nature Reserve - Northwich, oak, style posts carved by Philip, wrought iron gate design by Diane B/G
♦ Designs for a tree guard, trip rail and sculptures, Lawley Common,Telford DG
♦ Nye Bevan Memorial - four bronze panels, Tredegar, Wales DG
♦ Shell Seats - carved Portland stone, Birley Street Improvement, Blackpool PB
♣ Newt - carved oak sculpture, 4m long, Risely Moss Nature Park, Warrington PB
1996
♦ Celtic Dragon - 2.2m long bronze cast, commissioned by Hulme Regeneration for St Wilfred’s Park, Hulme, Manchester B/G
♣ Forest Phoenix Fire Sculpture 10m high, community event with lanterns, work with art students, Mundaring, Perth, Australia B/G
♣ Elemental Heads - large ceramic heads for Midland College, Perth, Australia DG
♦ Stop - 3m high welded steel sculpture - as warning device at cycleway junction, Norton Priory Museum,
Runcorn B/G
♦ Design for Oak and Acorn Gates, Telford DG
♣ Designs for railing panels and seats for Venables Road Car Park, Northwich DG
♣ Child of Hale - 4m high carved beech tree, Hale, Cheshire PB
1995
♦ Mill Girl and Calf - bronze casts for Charter Walk Shopping Centre, Burnley B/G
♣ Guardian/Gwachadwr - 4m high carved beech, Wepre Country Park PB
♣ Heron in Reeds - 3m high, welded steel, Sankey Valley Park, Warrington PB
1994
♦ Janus - sandstone column and bronze head 3.5m high, commissioned by the Commission for New Towns, Pewterspear Green, Warrington B/G
♣ Wrought iron panels designed for railings by Manchester Ship Canal DG
♦ Pageant - bronze flag sculpture for Halton Borough Council, Widnes DG
♦ Ymir - large Portland stone carving for a garden for people with visual impairments, Grosvenor Park, Chester PB
♦ Queen of Mercia - steel boat ribs with bronze figurehead, length 4m, Manchester Ship Canal PB
♣ Dunham Manticore Follies - environmental sculpture/performance in Dunham Massey PB
1993
♦ Time and Tide - major commission for HM Customs and Excise Headquarters, Queen’s Dock, Liverpool. steel columns, bronze figures and glass fibre reinforced concrete wall reliefs B/G
♦ Refuge - bronze/stone, multi-element commission, Bank Hall Station, Bootle B/G
♦ Gate designs for Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham DG
♦ Brian Bevan Memorial - height 11.5m, steel and bronze, Warrington PB
1992
♦ Pigs, Geese and Donkey - bronze casts commissioned by London Docklands Development Corporation for Barnards Wharf, Rotherhithe B/G
♦ Green man - oak and bronze, Knutsford Heritage Centre PB
1991
♦ Journeys - Piccadilly Station Approach, Manchester, through Partnership Art B/G
♦ May Day Dancers Gate design for Knutsford Heritage Centre DG
♦ Dr. Salter’s Daydream - 3 bronzes, by the Thames, London DG
1990
♦ Sir Dan Godfrey - concrete relief, Winter Gardens, Bournemouth DG
♦ Deal Porters - 7m high, bronze, oak, steel for London Docklands PB
♦ Roman Soldiers - 2m high carved Sandstone, Pewterspear, Warrington PB
1989
♦ Walking Woman - concrete sculpture, Cherry Garden, Telford DG
♦ Three wrought iron gate designs, Apley Castle Park, Telford DG
♣ Plant Head - concrete sculpture, Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn DG
♦ St Gabriel - concrete relief, St Gabriel’s Church, Walsall DG
♣ Survivor -. 3m high, turkey oak and steel, Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston PB
1988
♣ Coventina - life size carved sandstone figure for Norton Priory Museum PB
1987
♣ Earth Mother - earth and turf, 9m long, Risely Moss Nature Park, Warrington B/G
♦ Sun and Moon gates designed for Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington DG
♣ Kitty’s Gate - design for Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn DG
1986
♣ Ariel and Belphoebe - bronze figures, Manor Park, Runcorn DG
♦ Running Figures– 2m high carved and constructed oak, Birchwood School PB
1985
♣ Bo Peep & Sheep - bronze figure, concrete sheep, Warrington DG
♦ Madonna - cold cast bronze, St Peters Church, Bournemouth DG
♦ Tannery Workers - 2 concrete reliefs, Howley Industrial Estate, Warrington DG
1984
♦ White Lady Ghost - bronze figure, Bewsey Old Hall, Warrington DG
♣ Dryad - bronze figure, Norton Priory Walled Garden, Runcorn DG
♦ Rock and Roll Couple concrete relief 2m high, Padgate Library DG
1983
♦ Fairy Faces - six concrete reliefs sited in schools in Runcorn. One cast shown at Stoke Garden Festival DG
1982
♦ Rock & Roll - bronze relief, Brookvale Recreation Centre, Runcorn DG
♣ Design for Tree of Life gate for Norton Priory Walled Garden, Runcorn DG
1980
♦ Silvestri - bronze relief commissioned by the Western Orchestral Society, Poole Arts Centre, Dorset DG
1978
♦ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Relief - 4.4m long, Poole Arts Centre DG

Workshops
Extensive experience in running workshops associated with commissioned projects.

Fire Sculptures
2010 Booked to create fire sculpture to celebrate the bicentenary of the Kennet and Avon Canal
2007 Art+Fire Project, Stockholm, Wisconsin, USA with US sculptors Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Sears
Commission to make Elephant Fire Sculpture and lanterns for Newby Hall Yorkshire
2006 ‘Magic House’ Team made Galleon for Ischgl Fire Competition, Austria. First Prize, + Russian Team
2000 Wasa Ship Fire Sculpture at Sofiero Castle, Helsingborg, Sweden – Forest Artists Network Exchange
1996 Six week Residency, Western Australia, working with Art Colleges, and community to create Forest Phoenix 10m high Fire Sculpture on an airstrip in Mundaring Forest. Won an Australia Day Community Event Award from the Shire of Mundaring
Lambton Worm and Penshaw Monument Fire Sculpture commissioned by Durham County Council to celebrate the end of Visual Arts Year, North East
1991 St George and the Dragon Fire Sculpture, New Forms in Willow International Sculpture Conference and Symposium. Ness Botanic Gardens, Cheshire
1991 Viking Boat Fire Sculpture For the Maldon Millennium Celebration
1986 to date More than 40 large scale public fire sculpture events in the North West, East Anglia and Forest of Dean audiences up to 8,000. – Annual Fire Sculpture event at Taurus Crafts, Lydney

Media
Work featured on ITV ‘A Little Bit of Art’, BBC The Culture Show, TV North West, ITV Anglia, an episode of Brookside Channel 4, Radio 2 & 5, Wales & GMR and Radio Merseyside. Articles in Artists Newsletter, Public Art Review, Art & Architecture, Cheshire Life, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association Newsletter, Journals of Civic Trust, Royal Society of British Sculptors, London Docklands and Landscape Design, local and national papers

Publications
Sculpture images in books include ‘Making Waves’ and ‘Art in Public’ by AN Publications, ‘Public Sculpture of Liverpool’, ‘Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester’, ‘Public Sculpture of the Black Country‘, ‘More Hidden Gardens’, ‘ The Book of Watford’, The Great Bev’, ‘Hereford Trail’, ‘Public Sculpture of South London’, ‘Discovering London Statues and Monuments’, ’Decorative Stonework The Complete Sourcebook’, ‘Public Art/A World’s Eye View’, ‘Sculpture Parks and Trails of England’ and the forthcoming ’Public Sculpture of Herefordshire Shropshire & Worcestershire’ & ‘Public Sculpture of the North West’

Exhibitions
Work exhibited in group shows throughout the North-West, including exhibitions at the Walker Art Gallery, The Tate Liverpool, The Bluecoat Gallery and since 1997 in the South West eg Quenington Sculpture show, Broomhill Art Hotel Forest Open Studios, Parkfields Gallery and Eastnor Castle and Nature in Art. 2003 Digital Art Exhibition, The Islington Museum, London. Mission Hill, Canada. Taizhou, Zhengzhou and Shanghai, China. Wilmington, Stockholm and Pepin USA


Philip Bews


Experience/Post
2008
Hosted Canadian international artists - Jennifer Macklem exhibited at Taurus Crafts in combination with our Fire Sculpture Event, Kip Jones collaborated with us on the making and performance of the celebration.
2007
♣ Collaboration with Andrea Myklebust & Stanton Sears on Art+Fire Stockholm, Wisconsin USA
♣ Imagined Landscapes - oak & cast glass screens, with living bamboo, Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit Musgrave Hospital, Belfast The ninth annual ‘Building Better Healthcare Awards’ gave the unit the top award for the ‘Best Use of Art in Healthcare Facilities’ Imagined Landscapes was also shortlisted for the PMSA/ Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture – it was nominated by the Editor of the Art & Architecture Journal
♣ Big Dart Fan nominated for the Rouse Kent Public Art Award
♣ Fire sculpture for Newby Hall, Yorkshire
2006
♣ Nomination Award for proposal for Beijing Olympic Sculpture Park, China
♣ Zhengzhou, China, Awarded an ‘Excellent’ prize at International Elaborate Sculpture Exhibition/Symposium – work in City of Zhengzhou’s permanent collection
♣ Forest Artists Network Talk about International Sculpture Symposia
♣ Form 8 International member of an informal collective of sculptors interested in public art collaborations
2005
♣ Public Art Symposium, Taizhou City, China. Won a third prize for sculpture
♣ Invited to join the Local Management Committee of Taurus Crafts
2004
♣ Public Art Slide Lecture - Sculpture Department, University of Porto, Portugal
♣ Images of public sculptures used in Public Voice-2003 Observation of Public Art Shanghai, China
♣ Caerleon International Wood Symposium
2002
♣ Concept to Creation Sculpture for Kelowna City’s Rotary Centre for the Arts as a part of a Public Sculpture Symposium in Canada
♣ Elected to the board of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail Trust
♣ Forest Artists Network Talk about the Canadian Public Sculpture Symposium
2001
♣ Ciresio Caballo sculpture for the Sculpture Biennial Rincon de Ademuz, Spain. Won Gold & Silver Manzana Awards
1999
♣ South West Arts grant towards Chainsaw Course, to gain National Proficiency Test Certificate
1993-97
♣ Advisor on Visual Arts to North West Arts Board
1992
♣ Lantern Installation, Biot, France
1989-91
♣ Tutor on OCA Course in Sculpture, West Cheshire College, Chester
1989
♣ Walker Art Gallery Residency, Liverpool
1988-89
♣ Tutor in Sculpture, Art Foundation Course, Wirral Metropolitan College
1987
♣ Three week residency at Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn
1986-88
♣ Sculpture Residency, Birchwood Community & High School, Warrington


Education
1986-87
♣ Awarded Sir John Moores Scholarship in Fine Art, Liverpool Polytechnic
1983-86
♣ Awarded First Class Fine Art BA Hons. Degree Course, Liverpool Polytechnic
1982-83
♣ Art Foundation Course, Chester F.E. College
1974-82
♣ Associate Landscape Architect, Runcorn New Town Development Corporation
1970-74
♣ Degree course in Landscape Architecture, Manchester Polytechnic awarded BA


Diane Gorvin


Experience/Posts
2009
♣ Workshops undertaken with Helen Shields and Vivien Burnside at the Castlereaugh Wellbeing and Treatment Centre at Knockbreda, Belfast making a butterfly installation with staff from cane and beads for the entrance to the staff room, to tie in with our comission 'Life's a Journey' for the outside of the new centre
2008
Hosted Canadian international artists - Jennifer Macklem exhibited at Taurus Crafts in combination with our Fire Sculpture Event, Kip Jones collaborated with us on the making and performance of the celebration.
2007
♣ Collaboration with Andrea Myklebust & Stanton Sears on Art+Fire Stockholm, Wisconsin USA
♣ Imagined Landscapes - Oak & cast glass screens, with living bamboo, Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit Musgrave Hospital, Belfast The ninth annual ‘Building Better Healthcare Awards’ gave the unit the top award for the ‘Best Use of Art in Healthcare Facilities’ Imagined Landscapes was also shortlisted for the PMSA/ Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture – it was nominated by the Editor of the Art & Architecture Journal
♣ Big Dart Fan nominated for the Rouse Kent Public Art Award
2006
♣ Nomination Award for proposal for Beijing Olympic Sculpture Park
♣ Zhengzhou, China, Awarded an ‘Excellent’ prize at International Elaborate Sculpture Exhibition/Symposium – work in the City’s permanent collection
♣ In Magic House team to take part in Ischgl Fire Competition, Austria
♣ An instigator of Form 8 International an informal collective of public collaborative sculptors
♣ Forest Artists Network Talk about International Sculpture Symposia
2005
♣ Public Art Symposium, Taizhou City, China. Won a third prize for sculpture
2004
♣ Public Art Slide Lecture - Sculpture Department, University of Porto, Portugal
2003
♣ ‘Echoing Walls’ Bronze masks set in an old wall, Sculpture Biennial, Ademuz Spain. Awarded the Silver Manzana by the vote of the participating sculptors
♣ Images of public sculptures used in Public Voice-2003 Observation of Public Art, Shanghai, China
2002
♣ Concept to Creation, Selected with Philip Bews to make a site specific sculpture for Kelowna City’s New Arts Centre as a part of the Okanagan/Thompson Public Sculpture Symposium in Canada
♣ Forest Artists Network Talk about the Canadian Public Sculpture Symposium
2000
♣ Sea Soul Lantern Installation Sofiero Castle, Helsingborg, Sweden
1996
♣ Artist in Residence for 6 weeks at Midland College, Perth, Western Australia
♣ Week in Residence making 3m high lantern sculptures for Phil Bews’ Fire Sculpture in Durham
1995
♣ ‘Harry Bush’ Award, four bronzes for Chester City Council
1992
♣ Lantern Installation, Biot, France
♣ 3 week Residency at Gorse Covet School, Birchwood, Warrington
♣ Commissioned by Cheshire County Council to make their Environmental Year Award, 28 bronzes
1989
♣ Awarded the purchase prize by Warrington Museum for Big Yellow Head
1987
♣ 3 week Residency at Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn
From 86
♣ Self employed
1981- 86
♣ Town Artist for Warrington & Runcorn Development Corporation
1978 - 79
♣ Tutor for Sculpture Evening Class at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art
1978
♣ Drawing Tour to Hong Kong with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Education
1993
♣ Weekend Cast Glass course, Colin Reid Glass, Stroud
1987- 88
♣ Access student, Ceramic Sculpture, Liverpool Polytechnic
1981
♣ Part-time Stone Carving Course, Weymouth Technical College
1974 - 77
♣ Environmental Design, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, awarded College Diploma, Distinction for Sculpture
1973 - 74
♣ Art Foundation Course, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art