Posts by melissacole
Note on new sculptural work at The Pound Arts, Corsham. June 2017
Ancient Landscapes; New Lines Pound Arts Pound Pill, Corsham, Wiltshire. SN13 9HX Notes on my work For anyone that has followed the progress of my sculptural work, there are developments afoot. The Landscape NH series of modular sculptures are based on familiar landscapes around Puthall Farm, towards Axford, Ramsbury and Mildenhall which I have walked,…
Read MoreWomen In Trade Magazine Feature Summer 2015
PRESS I have been featured in a super on-line magazine Women In Trade which you can read on line here or you can purchase a PDF version for £3.25 Women In Trade Magazine Summer 2015 British Designers Rock. ‘Women in Trade Magazine is a stylish independent publication. The first tradeswomen-focused magazine in the UK; it…
Read MoreMy Amazing Dad Hector Cole Awarded an MBE 1st January 2015
I thought it would be a good idea to post here about the great news that my father Hector Cole has been awarded an MBE for Services to Heritage Crafts in the 2015 New Year’s Honours! He is really thrilled to get recognition for the 45 years of dedicated work specifically for his arrow-smithing and…
Read MoreChristmas Exhibition at The Wine Street Gallery Devizes.
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION 2014 Friday 21st November 2014- Saturday 31st January 2015. Opening times: 11 am – 4 pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday. 11 am – 2 pm Wednesday. Also by appointment. Artists: The Somerset Printmakers and Joanna Scislowicz. Sculpture: Melissa Cole, Peter Hayes & David O’Connor. Ceramics: Paula Downing, Sue Mundy, Sophie…
Read MoreOsney Lane Oxford Public Art Project Autumn 2014
Osney Lane Development – Oxford – Autumn 2014 I have been working on the two panels of the entrance wall area of this new student accommodation being built in the centre of Oxford for Cherwell College My name was put forward by the contractor Exel Construction following work I did at Chapel Street in Oxford in…
Read MoreBBC Radio 2! Chris Evans Breakfast Show
Goodness, I have recently been on @achrisevans on www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 breakfast show as a mystery guest! It was a really nice surprise to talk about blacksmithing and working with your hands and I think rabbited on and I spoke for well over the allocated 3 minutes! I had no idea how many people listed to his show and…
Read MoreChapel Street, Oxford – Public Art Commission for A2 Dominion May – Sept 2013
Following on from completing the posted sculpture I have been straight into the next commission creating a wall mounted piece for a new building in Oxford. This commission has come under a Section 106 requirement of the new development of student accommodation just off Cowley Road in Oxford. The brief was to create a durable…
Read MoreJHQ Commission – ‘POSTED!’ The sculpture is unveiled 11th July 2013
Update – April 2018! This piece has been given a permanent home at The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, England and can be visited any time! many thanks to Mike Chislett and the team who fundraised and arranged this permanent home among the trees for this lovely piece of community art. The Ark School have…
Read MoreJHQ Commission 3rd June Update
After a frantic few days in the workshop, I was able to deliver the finished sculpture to South West Metal Finishing for zinc plating today. It just fits in their tanks and will get an extra thick plating. It was a real challenge to get all the birds happily in place on the forged arms…
Read MoreJHQ Commission Update 23rd May 2013
I am home and all my kit has arrived safely back in the forge, I have my lovely painted ‘Melissa’s Forge sign on the wall at the back of the workshop to remind me of my time at Ark School. I have great memories of my time in Germany and loved the last day when…
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