Posts by melissacole
Ridgeway Farm Art Project – It’s Happening!
RIDGEWAY FARM ART PROJECT Location: Ridgeway Farm, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire. Public Art Project – Community Consultation – Get involved! Ridgeway Farm housing development is nearing completion and as part of the planning requirement (Section 106) there will be a public art project starting this summer which it is hoped residents of the development will be…
Read MoreFerrous Festival 2019 5th – 14th April 2019
For anyone interested in blacksmithing there was a great event in Hereford – Ferrous Festival 2019 You can see the results of the fabulous #150mmchallenge pieces which have inspired blacksmiths from across the globe to get involved and post images of their work on social media. My piece was about giving myself boundaries along with…
Read MorePublic Art Sculpture for The New Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury
Yesterday I delivered my sculpture to the new extension of the Athelstan Museum – known as the Julia And Hans Rausing Building in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk This sculpture was commissioned by the Team organising the renovation of the former Moravian Church in Malmesbury www.malmesburyappeal.co.uk I was contacted in the summer of 2017 about the potential…
Read MoreMaking Rivets and other stories
I have been working on a complex handrail panel with rivet details. The sections are forged then joined to each other with a steel rivet giving a secure traditional decorative join using the round head rivets as a feature. I have been lucky enough to have some workshop time filmed by SocialMeansUK Here’s the short film…
Read MoreAutumn 2018 – Update
It has been a busy year so far! I have made a large scale, split strand DNA sculpture for Winchester University Cosmic Walk. DNA sculpture by Melissa Cole (photo credit; Mark Somerville) I have also finished the last window panel in a Sir John Soanes designed house which depicts the history of the house and…
Read More‘Makers’ Tales at Guy Goodfellow Collection, London May 2018
Melissa Cole FWCB.Artist Blacksmith. Melissa Cole, bronze medal holder and Fellow of The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, is exhibiting her hand forged sculptures throughout May in the Guy Goodfellow Collection showroom. Melissa’s work ranges from commissioned gates and railings to sculpture and fine art installations, combining contemporary design with forged and fabricated metal for external public…
Read MoreHeritage Crafts Association AGM London 2018
I was unable to attend this important conference supporting Heritage Crafts but images of me at work are often used in their promotional flyers and posters and i am a keen supporter of this charity. My family went along to hear all the news and here is a link to my fabulous textile designer sister…
Read MoreGuest Blog with Wiltshire Arts Service 28th July 2017
This week myself and Jonathan Mansfield, Landscape Painter give an insight into their working practices towards a curated show at The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham. Follow the link below! https://theartsinwiltshire.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/guest-blog-an-insight-into-our-working-practices-towards-a-curated-show-at-the-pound-arts-centre-corsham-melissa-cole-sculptor-and-jonathan-mansfield-landscape-painter/
Read MoreSo You Want To Be A Blacksmith! Part One
I want to be a blacksmith! How to get started if you have a burning desire to be a blacksmith Modern blacksmiths are fantastic, they are multi-skilled and multi-talented, they often work alone through choice and because it is a hard to generate enough work to run a team and if you are restricted by…
Read More‘Ancient Landscapes: New Lines’ Exhibition 23rd June – 2nd September 2017
Ancient Landscapes: New Lines The Wiltshire landscape that surrounds their studios is the inspiration for Melissa Cole‘s steel sculptures and Jonathan Mansfield‘s paintings. Considering the contemporary geography in relation to ancient geology, the artists’ works are exhibited alongside Pitt Rivers Museum finds from excavation sites – objects held in the Salisbury Museum Pitt Rivers collection. 23 June – 2…
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