In Folkestone

The cabins, one year on
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A year after they were completed the cabins are looking great in the late summer sun
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The landscape around #thecabins in Folkestone allows a route through this area which has been hidden since the 17th century. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The cladding is heat treated FSC Siberian Larch, in two colours; natural and charcoal which is used to modulate the scale and volume interplay of the buildings, contrasting with the painted render of the neighbouring buildings ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photographs edmundsumner ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The cabins, one year on
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A year after they were completed the cabins are looking great in the late summer sun
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The landscape around #thecabins in Folkestone allows a route through this area which has been hidden since the 17th century. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The cladding is heat treated FSC Siberian Larch, in two colours; natural and charcoal which is used to modulate the scale and volume interplay of the buildings, contrasting with the painted render of the neighbouring buildings ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photographs edmundsumner ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
creativefstone arch_today architectsjournal heathcoteedwin #timber #timberbuildings #timbercladding #architecture_hunter #timberhouse #architecturalphotography #architecturelovers #dezeen #timber #archdaily #larch #history #payerspark #buildings #buildingstyles #aj #sta22 #architectsjournal jacponcelet

The cabins, one year on
.
.
.
.
.
.
A year after they were completed the cabins are looking great in the late summer sun
.

The landscape around #thecabins in Folkestone allows a route through this area which has been hidden since the 17th century. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The cladding is heat treated FSC Siberian Larch, in two colours; natural and charcoal which is used to modulate the scale and volume interplay of the buildings, contrasting with the painted render of the neighbouring buildings ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photographs edmundsumner ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
creativefstone arch_today architectsjournal heathcoteedwin #timber #timberbuildings #timbercladding #architecture_hunter #timberhouse #architecturalphotography #architecturelovers #dezeen #timber #archdaily #larch #history #payerspark #buildings #buildingstyles #aj #sta22 #architectsjournal jacponcelet

Off to payers park ppcgfolkestone to hang my mini exhibition .
Please come by to check it out 4th -24th April
#miniexhibition #payerspark #folkestoneartexhibition #birdexhibition #birds #coastslbirds #marshbirds

I’m really excited about getting this little scally bastard into the little ppcgfolkestone gallery on Monday. (But also a bit nervous as I haven’t ACTUALLY measured in person so it could all be a MASSIVE BALLS UP. I’ll let you know on Monday morning, I guess…)

In the meantime I’m off to spend the weekend in a shipping container in a Kentish field. Four drunk women up to their arses in mud stoking bonfires in order to survive. What could possibly go wrong? #whatbrokenankle #donttellmyphysio

#collage #handcutcollage #handmadecollage #assemblage #dazzle #dazzlecamoflage #christmasiscoming #advent #dollsarms #robin #christmasrobin #folkestone #creativequarterfolkestone #payerspark #folkestonecreativequarter #oldhighstreetfolkestone

The landscape around #thecabins in Folkestone allows a route through this area which has been hidden since the 17th century. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The cladding is heat treated FSC Siberian Larch, in two colours; natural and charcoal which is used to modulate the scale and volume interplay of the buildings, contrasting with the painted render of the neighbouring buildings ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photographs edmundsumner ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
creativefstone arch_today architectsjournal heathcoteedwin #timber #timberbuildings #timbercladding #architecture_hunter #timberhouse #architecturalphotography #architecturelovers #dezeen #timber #archdaily #larch #history #payerspark #buildings #buildingstyles

Morning walk with Mr Gin, psyching ourselves up for painting the dustbin space. #unhandyman
#painting #tinyoutsidespace #wirefoxterrier #mrgin #wft #payerspark #folkestone #cuntsinworkwear #workwear

“Standing Lady Hare with Dog” (Sophie Ryder, 2000); found in Payers Park, Folkstone, Kent.
#sophieryder #britishsculpture #outdoorsculpture #outdoorart #figurativesculpture #britishart #figurativeart #folkestone #kent #standingladyharewithdog #payerspark #contemporaryart #twentyfirstcenturyart #twentyfirstcenturysculpture #contemporarysculpture

'GET SOME COMPASSION’
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In the year 2015, I got a tattoo. It read, ‘get some compassion’, bordering an image of a syringe. This would forever be a reminder that others, and sometimes myself, lack(ed) compassion when it is most needed. The Calais jungle closed the following year, in 2016. A camp on the borderline between two rich and powerful countries, overflowing with migrants and refugees; 10,000 people at its peak. All individual lives, many fleeing persecution and terror and wanting nothing more than a safer life. I opened my eyes to it and wanted to learn why this was happening. The world’s eyes stayed closed? The enduring negative reactions. The enduring apathy. Questions haven’t been asked, let alone answered, yet prejudice prevails... Why are they coming here? Why can’t they stay in the first safe place they come to? They’re in a safe country already! Why are we helping them and not our own? Unfortunately, it appears these questions are rarely asked with any genuine desire for an answer.
A growing number of people seem to view refugees and migrants as the problem, rather than understanding the causes that drive families and individuals to risk their own lives crossing borders; or the government's failure to address the underlying issues. 

A person who needs help, whoever they are and wherever they come from, is still a person who in need of help.

First and foremost, we surely need, above all, a caring response to those who need help? And we can care, in both big and small ways. This sculpture is intended for a set group of people who need help; those without compassion. Those who need an additional dose to help confront their own fears, insecurities and absence of understanding. Perhaps by injecting some compassion it could bring the ability to understand someone else's situation, or enhance the desire to take action to improve lives.
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On display at the ppcgfolkestone
In the cq_folkestone
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care4calais
chooselove
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#art #artist #compassion #learn #dose #kindness #listen #care #gold #help #community #helpingothers #sculpture #needle #creativequater #smallgallery #artwork #sculptureart #qfolkestone #payerspark

'GET SOME COMPASSION’
.
In the year 2015, I got a tattoo. It read, ‘get some compassion’, bordering an image of a syringe. This would forever be a reminder that others, and sometimes myself, lack(ed) compassion when it is most needed. The Calais jungle closed the following year, in 2016. A camp on the borderline between two rich and powerful countries, overflowing with migrants and refugees; 10,000 people at its peak. All individual lives, many fleeing persecution and terror and wanting nothing more than a safer life. I opened my eyes to it and wanted to learn why this was happening. The world’s eyes stayed closed? The enduring negative reactions. The enduring apathy. Questions haven’t been asked, let alone answered, yet prejudice prevails... Why are they coming here? Why can’t they stay in the first safe place they come to? They’re in a safe country already! Why are we helping them and not our own? Unfortunately, it appears these questions are rarely asked with any genuine desire for an answer.
A growing number of people seem to view refugees and migrants as the problem, rather than understanding the causes that drive families and individuals to risk their own lives crossing borders; or the government's failure to address the underlying issues. 

A person who needs help, whoever they are and wherever they come from, is still a person who in need of help.

First and foremost, we surely need, above all, a caring response to those who need help? And we can care, in both big and small ways. This sculpture is intended for a set group of people who need help; those without compassion. Those who need an additional dose to help confront their own fears, insecurities and absence of understanding. Perhaps by injecting some compassion it could bring the ability to understand someone else's situation, or enhance the desire to take action to improve lives.
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.
On display at the ppcgfolkestone
In the cq_folkestone
.
care4calais
chooselove
.
#art #artist #compassion #learn #dose #kindness #listen #care #gold #help #community #helpingothers #sculpture #needle #creativequater #smallgallery #artwork #sculptureart #qfolkestone #payerspark

Thrilled to be exhibiting soon at The Pocket Gallery, Folkestone's smallest art gallery!

Find it on your daily lockdown walk - located inside the Herman Memorial Little Free Library in the Payers Pocket Community Garden ppcgfolkestone where folkestoneharbouryarn grow plants to dye their wools.

I was originally thinking of something Valentines based but current times have changed my mind. My contribution will now be about Weathering the Storm, part of the work I'm doing with thewoodshed_folkestone for our ALL AT SEA exhibition (which will now be online).

#ppcg #payerspocketcommunitygarden #littlefreelibrary #hermanmemorial #pocketgallery #thepocketgallery #artwork #artgallery #smallestgallery #tinygallery #folkestone #payerspark #eastcliffcreatives