Installation Day at Wolverton Mill

The work was delivered to site on Wednesday 18th May. It rained and it hailed but this didn’t stop the work progressing.

Many thanks to Miletree Construction for their assistance with the installation of the works.

The pieces are now all in place. A satisfactory conclusion to a year long project.

The children’s pieces produced during workshop session last March are also in place and looking really good. Hopefully all those involved will be happy seeing their work in situ, and will be proud of their achievements.

Wolverton Mill Play Area Seating element Completed

 

The seating element for Wolverton Mill Play Area is now completed. This piece, along with the 3 ‘Stepping Stones’ will be sited on the week commencing April 16th.

 

Casts for seating element return to the studio

We’ve now got the 3 stacked pebble casts back at the studio for finishing.

There is a bit of work to do removing excess sand and metal from the casts.


Moving the pieces into the studio.

The seating element set up with templates. The seat will be made from a piece of 3” thick oak cut to fit.

Wolverton Bench Supports

 

The sculptural seating supports have now all been cast. There’s just a bit of fettling to do before they return to the studio.

Hopefully we will take delivery of these pieces within the next week so we can begin to fit the oak seat.

Wolverton seating element patterns nearing completion

The patterns for the seating element have now been made. All the pieces have been delivered to the foundry for casting and will hopefully be completed in the next few weeks.

Hollowing the polystyrene can be a painful business… blood sweat and tears for sure!!

Nicely hollowed and it fits too!!

Wolverton Play Area Seating, More Images

Polystyrene pebbles get their ripples now.

Working on the template for the oak seat.

Wolverton Mill Seating

We have started work on the seating element for the Wolverton Play Area. The piece is inspired by river bed pebbles washed and tumbled by the motion of the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few days into the make, a cairn is beginning to develop in the studio.

 

The casts are delivered

Today the casts arrived back at the studio from the foundry.

Really pleased with how they look.

There's a little bit of finishing to do, but not an awful lot.

All three pieces set out in the yard. There is still a seating element to be made to accompany these pieces. Once this is completed everything will be delivered to site.

Casts at the foundry Aug 2011

The pieces have now all been cast. They will be delivered to the studio next week.

At the Foundry, July 21st

We took at trip over to the foundry today to see the progress of the Wolverton Mill 'Stepping Stones' and the children's 'Watermarks'. So far only one stone has been cast, anther was being done today. The children's pieces are completed though and looking very nice too!!

The first completed cast.

Weighing in at 520kg.

Watermarks, the children's pieces look great.We've brought them back to the studio and have started the process to oxidize them.

Patterns delivered to the foundry

On Friday 25th June the polystyrene pieces for Wolverton were delivered to the foundry for casting.

(above H. Downs & Sons Ltd sculpture by Dave Bradbury, photograph by Nigel Downs)

Hollowing Out

Once completed the pieces need to be hollowed out prior to casting.

Pins are used as a guide to define the thickness of the piece. This needs to be approximately 25mm all over.

There is no quick way to do the hollowing... believe me I've tried everything.

Nearly there!!