Springfield Park Fencing and Entrance Artwork installed!

November 1, 2021

I’m happy to share this project’s conclusion and share a short walk by film of it in situ. Many, many hours when into the design, fabrication and painting of this - the largest piece of art work I have made (so far!) I’m very grateful to Corsham Town council for the opportunity to do it, I have developed existing skills and learnt new ones along the way, and did a thing that I thought I could do!

Click here to see:A walk past Springfield park entrance artwork

Entrance artwork for Springfield Park in Corsham, Wiltshire. Reclaimed and laser cut steel, Pint.

Sourcing Materials

April 28, 2021

Part of the brief I submitted for the Springfield commission was that I would attempt to make as much of the work as I could from reclaimed materials. Initially I was looking to scrap metal merchants but it wasn’t long before I was trawling Facebook market place for old wrought iron gates. As often seems to be the way that I found I had enough by the time I’d exhausted the local supply Here’s a photo of them laid out in my workshop. Note the ones propped up too. That’s a lot of old iron!

SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC art commission

April 28, 2021

Back in November 2020 I was lucky enough to be successful in a bid to make some public art for the town where I live, Corsham in Wiltshire. My plan incorporated using reclaimed metal and basing my design around the name of the place it is made for - ‘Springfield’ so using the motif of meadow flowers. The artwork was to consist of something for the entrance to the park, a barrier to stop young children from hurtling too quick down the path to the road and a some 15m of fencing. Quite a challenge! In my presentation however, my main emphasis was that I wanted it to bring joy to those who visited the space.

My artist impression for the Springfield commission.

Exhibition view including shot of interactive map.

'The View From Here' at artsdepot

May 30, 2015

The show presented the artist's site-responsive works from her ongoing London series, including Muswell Hill, Kilburn, Tottenham, and Trinity Buoy Wharf in Docklands. On the gallery floor was a specially created large scale map of the area around the gallery. Made from recycled paper collected from the venue and local schools and residents, it included individually cut elements showing architectural features sited approximately where the artist found them on the streets of North Finchley. Throughout the duration of the exhibition visitors were invited to put themselves 'on the map" and customise pre-cut recycled paper people, trees and vehicles to populate the map.

This exhibition was funded by the Esme Fairbairn Foundation .

Link to article in The Londonist

https://londonist.com/2015/05/add-to-a-giant-map-of-north-finchley-at-paper-collage-exhibition

Detail of Visitor contribution to the map.

Trinity Buoy Wharf

March 25, 2015

September 1, 2015

Images of 2 installations commissioned by The Trinity Buoy Wharf. Trust The first made from their pre-used paper and paper from surrounding communities. The second installation is an exterior piece made from powder-coated steel, which is sited on the side of one of their re-purposed shipping container studios. The forms in the work reference the blaze of the lighthouse light, the diamond shapes come from the panes of glass in the light house light window and the tread of the stairs that take you there. The colours are borrowed from the sky and the Thames and the ‘Trinity Blue’ of their container buildings. These works can be visited when Trinity Buoy Wharf is open to the public, usually at weekends. Check for details. See below for images of completed installations and details shots.

Trinity (Powder Coated Steel) Installed on the side of a recording studio in the Container City at Trinity Buoy Wharf

Mapping Muswell Installed in the library

Mapping Muswell - An N10 Paper Project

October 18, 2012

This is the second mapping project Anya devised. Based on the area defined by the N10 postal district. This work is 6 metres wide and had a more in depth approach to involving the local community. Anya achieved this by conducting a series of residencies whilst the work was in progress and liaising with various community groups.

The Facebook page documents the progress of the project from the very beginning - please see http://www.facebook.com/MappingMuswellAnN10PaperProject
For more images and information on this work please see this websites menu bar.
This installation is also now on loan to Muswell Hill Library and may be viewed during normal Library opening hours.

'Maps have traditionally been projected as a 'view from nowhere' produced objectively as a tool for way finding. The increased accessibility to information and technology in the last twenty years has opened up the process of map-making to become a more embodied practice in which counter cartographies are able to challenge the status quo. In the hands of artists, mapping becomes a practice with which to personally explore the different ways we live our lives, and readdress established power relationships, giving agency to people and places previously left off of the map.'

Alice Lobb.

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Video below was made during Anya’s residency at Muswell Hill Library.

Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts)

November 10, 2011

Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts)

Paper Trail (100,000 Cuts) is over 5 m long and in three connected sections, one alluding to the areas history, one a contemporary depiction of the borough and the third suggesting possible futures. The initial layers of this work were cut out maps of the area from which shadow drawings were made onto the donated paper. The work was made by layering the paper behind each map that had been cut out by hand, and then projecting a light through them to enable Anya to draw the shadows they cast onto the paper collaged behind. This process was then repeated with the next layer included and so on. The paper was sourced form the local community and included items as diverse as love letters, children’s drawings, shopping lists and parking tickets!