BARROW'S FLOWERS - A mural to Barrow-in-Furness

The very first idea for this project it was to readdress the question to the people and distribute a little ceramic tile, asking them to paint it with whatever they find more interesting in the town they live
and at the end arrange them all together to create a mosaic; but, due to the time limitations, this had to left down as unpractical...

Considering other possibilities, the main strategy was to find which could be the most representative motives and organise them, as adaptable to different sizes and disposition in relation to the existing wall; this could being achieved in a realistic way or simplified into a more stylised version, as shown by different sketches ...

But those still doesn't seem completely appealing, so I've end with a different approach, which combines some of the previous ideas, and where I wasn't too much concerned to be realistic, but rather poetical... and poetry and colour are the main missings of the site (from my point of view) .

The final choice was, then, organised into three different interlocking areas, representing in some way: the past , present and the future, using different techniques in each one, including the use of iron, to produce the sculptural elements on both sides of the central panel.
For the background on the first part of the mural -from left- we'll be adding natural elements found on site (sand, pebbles and shells) to give it texture as context...and choosing rusted iron, which texture suggests the passage of time, and contrasts to the shiny new metallic surfaces intended to the other side as a reference to the future...
As the background for this part, the trencadis technique is suggested, using ceramics and glass, applied over the wall.
The central panel, planned as a painting, is composed by poetical elements and historical references (the Piel Castle -celebrated by Wordsworth) as to the existing wild life, with some unique species, in terms of fauna and flora, and of course the proximity of the sea... Those are the elements I find myself more interesting and representative of the place...and which could get a more universal appreciation, from the people living there as from visitors.
So, my work combines this positive perspective, and, as I cannot ignore what is being produced on the other side of that wall, it also includes a very subtle, non-ostensive criticism, that determined my choice for the sculptural shapes used: in one side, the vegetal elements on iron- reason of being of the town- , like growing up from the ground, referencing its origins and richness, as on the other side, a dove- symbol of freedom and peace- in some way answering to the context, like saying that is also possible to create and hope more beautiful things made from iron, instead of war weapons...

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• Barrow-in-Furness
• Cumbria
• England
• architecture
• painting
• art
• muralART
• MURALISM
• MURALS
• JOAKIMPAZ

[joakimpaz2]

hi there

and thanks for the feedback

NO IDEA ABOUT WORKINGTON, BUT YOU SHOULD BE RIGHT:

VERY INTERESTING LITTLE TOWN

[12da22da3]

that is amazing such a wonderful little town much better than workington