A TOWN ON THE MOVE Raunds Gateway Artwork Powerpoint Presentation Document 19th July 2018
Stephen Broadbent - Artist Lucy Gannon & Ray - Artist & Designer Droppingstone Farm Peter Davidson - Artist Mandy Taylor - Project Manager
Examples of Completed Work
Studio examples of work completed using casting
Studio examples of work completed using carved stone & wood
Studio examples of work completed using fabricated metal
Studio examples of work completed using glass
Studio examples of work completed using concrete, ceramic & enamel
Studio examples of work completed using cast concrete
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Raunds Gateway Artwork
We have tried to look for an image that speaks both about the past and the future, about where Raunds has come from and where it is going. We settled on the march of 1905 because it presents an picture of a community moving forward together. Specifically, it allows us to commemorate Raunds’ history as a shoemaking town, but more generally the idea of a town on the march allows us to suggest Raunds moving ahead into the future. Raunds Gateway Artwork
We began developing a design by looking at the action of walking and producing sole shapes for a pair of walking feet. We then arranged a series of these pairs into an interlocked linear pattern to evoke a group of people marching together. We decided to make the number of individual soles correspond to the number of shoemaking businesses in Raunds at the time of the march in 1905. Raunds Gateway Artwork
What is most interesting about that march is that it was not organised by a union. It did not express a stand-o ff between workers and management, but rather all classes coming together as a single community to march to London and make their voice heard. Raunds Gateway Artwork
So we produced a design of soles marching in a line. Then, about half way along, we began to curve the line upwards, away from the horizontal. The idea is to give the feel of a community moving away from its origins but still acting with purpose, marching onwards and upwards together. To reinforce this idea of changing direction, we set our marching soles within a frame with the first half of them supported from the bottom edge and the second from the top edge. Raunds Gateway Artwork
So we arrived, quite literally, at a picture of a town on the move. Raising this framed picture up on a solid base gives it the height to be seen from a distance and also allows us to incorporate words on the base. On the front face we can put the name of the town, on the back we can put the names of the shoemaking businesses from 1905 as well as perhaps the names of all the people who took part in the march that day. Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
7 m 3 m 1 m Raunds Gateway Artwork
We have chosen materials to give a feeling of quality to this piece. We wanted a modern brightness and optimism but communicated through materials that have associations with Raunds’ industrial past. So the soles will be cast aluminium, but with a high-gloss powder coated finish, in red. The supports will be steel but will have a forged feel to them and the way they attach to the cast soles and slot into a wooden frame will give an echo of industrial-era lasts. A base of concrete or stone will give a nod to Raunds’ earlier involvement with quarrying. Raunds Gateway Artwork
Examples of projects that we have completed using hardwoods that can endure in the public realm and weather naturally with minimum maintenance Raunds Gateway Artwork
This is our preferred location as it allows the artwork to lean more towards the town and become embedded into a soft landscape that is accessible by pedestrians. The following pages illustrates the di ff erent views of the artwork as you approach the junction. (the drawings are illustrative and do not allow for level changes or trees and rubbery) The exact location will need to be proven following further site investigation of services Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
Raunds Gateway Artwork
A TOWN ON THE MOVE This piece needs to both welcome people to Raunds as they drive So we produced a design of soles marching in a line. Then, about in from the A45 and feel familiar to local people coming from within half way along, we began to curve the line upwards, away from the the town. For drivers approaching the town, their first impression horizontal. The idea is to give the feel of a community moving away will be the new development by the roundabout and the artwork from its origins but still acting with purpose, marching onwards and needs to balance this by presenting a civic identity that has older upwards together. To reinforce this idea of changing direction, we roots. For local people it needs to remind them who they are. set our marching soles within a frame with the first half of them supported from the bottom edge and the second from the top edge. We have tried to look for an image that speaks both about the past and the future, about where Raunds has come from and where it is going. We settled on the march of 1905 because it presents an So we arrived, quite literally, at a picture of a town on the move. picture of a community moving forward together. Specifically, it Raising this framed picture up on a solid base gives it the height to allows us to commemorate Raunds’ history as a shoemaking town, be seen from a distance and also allows us to incorporate words but more generally the idea of a town on the march allows us to on the base. On the front face we can put the name of the town, on suggest Raunds moving ahead into the future. the back we can put the names of the shoemaking businesses from 1905 as well as perhaps the names of all the people who took part in the march that day. We began developing a design by looking at the action of walking and producing sole shapes for a pair of walking feet. We then arranged a series of these pairs into an interlocked linear pattern to We have chosen materials to give a feeling of quality to this piece. evoke a group of people marching together. We decided to make We wanted a modern brightness and optimism but communicated the number of individual soles correspond to the number of through materials that have associations with Raunds’ industrial shoemaking businesses in Raunds at the time of the march in past. So the soles will be cast aluminium, but with a high-gloss 1905. powder coated finish, in red. The supports will be steel but will have a forged feel to them and the way they attach to the cast What is most interesting about that march is that it was not soles and slot into a wooden frame will give an echo of industrial- organised by a union. It did not express a stand-o ff between era lasts. A base of concrete or stone will give a nod to Raunds’ workers and management, but rather all classes coming together earlier involvement with quarrying. as a single community to march to London and make their voice heard. Raunds Gateway Artwork July 2018
Shoe manufacturers in Raunds Raunds march organisation Adam Brothers 116 marchers J W Black Chief - 1 (Robert Bass - 1874) Officers - 3 Ernest Chambers Cycle corps - 3 James Chambers Ambulance - 1 J H Clark 'A' Company - 18 (William Clark - 1874) 'B' Company - 20 R Coggins & Sons 'C' Company - 21 John Horrell & Son 'D' Company - 16 Walter Lawrence 'E' Company - 22 Neal & Gates 'F' Company (the band) - 11 Nene Boot & Shoe Works C E Nichols William Nichols & Sons Owen Smith & Company Regulation Boot Company John King Smith Spire Shoes St Crispin Productive Society Tebbutt & Hall Brothers Wellington Boot & Shoe Company
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