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Street Murals In 2002 Shirley,one of the artists who set up the gallery, thought the whole street could be transformed by the painting of Murals on the graffiti ridden retaining and building walls, and so ......... |
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Completeing Anti War and Ceramic Mural 2023 These sections were begun some time ago (see curved wall and WW1 -anti war murals below) After Covid and making of hand made tiles these sections are now almost finished. All the ceramics were hand made by Shirley. While Janine painted the new Roses and archway.
Anti War door panels ( to be inserted later) and sections of the side tiles
close ups of sections of curved tile wall
Working on the sections Shirley and Janine
Repairing Angel WAll 2022 The Angel wall.... after damage to the underlying wall 40% had to be taken off, re rendered and painted again. Four of the original artist: Janine, Lee, Terry and Shirley did the restoration, matching into the original and adding some extra pieces.......One of these was "From us, as artists to all artists now suffering in Ukraine".
The street in 2001 - before the Murals The top wall ................... The old shed and curved wall..........The bottom angel wall...........The bottom Budah wall
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The Top Wall started in 2002 ......Painted voluntarily by 25 local professional artists using only brushes, in the summer of 2002
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The bottom Angel wall painted in 2003 ....painted by 4 the artists (Terry Henderson,Lee jenkinson,Sue Beanland,janine Baldwin & Shirley Sheppard).......The Final product:
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It started with a sketch, then detailed drawings then scaffolding, which was provided free of charge by Glyn of DNC Scaffolding
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Working in summer was great! (Lee, Sue,Terry,Shirley)
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But as winter drew in, even the water on the brushes began to freeze, yet smiles still abound.
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The Bottom Budah Wall 2004 ....painted by Janine,Lee,Terry & Shirley Starting with the sketch, then DNC scaffolding and wall repairs. The tiles were added later. In 2018 repairs were done.
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The Tiles ...Shirley made each of the basic tiles, then children aged 4 to 7, in Scarborough's Friarage after school club did the rest!
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The curved wall started in 2005 ...."The Family outing",hand made ceramics by Shirley in 2005........This was not completed till 2023...
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WW1 anti war mural - started 2014 ...."A tribute to WW1 artists from all lands" painted by Shirley in 2014. Many artists died, some survived but all showed and wrote of the horrors that all suffered. Some of their paintings have been reproduced on these panels. The Artists works in the left panel are reproduced from paintings by artists who died in the war, those in the right survived and many like Otto Dix painted the aftermath. The top panel of children playing on the beaches with the ghosts of the soldiers passing above was as a result of photos I saw when researching, of German children making and flying kites made of Deutschmarks, because the mark was so worthless after the war it was cheaper to use them than buy paper. It was also cheaper to burn them than buy firewood. The last panels on the door remain blank and the surrounds to be completed |
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From my grandfathers Diary, who was a stretcher bearer in the middle east during ww1 |
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In 2005 we received a millennium award for the creating of Blands Cliff Murals. As these Murals are photographed and enjoyed by thousands. THAT is our reward.
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