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CROPS Entrance Sign Design Voted As Favourite For Ridgeway Farm Development July 2020
Thanks to everyone that voted for their favourite design for the new entrance sign at Ridgeway Farm – I was really pleased with the feedback and comments and am delighted that the most popular design is CROPS. This sketch design will be worked up now for planning consent and into working drawings ready hopefully for…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project – Designs for a new Entrance Sign – Vote Now!
This blog post is to share the designs for a new sign proposed for the entrance to Ridgeway Farm development from Purton. If you have read the other newsletters and blogs you will be up to date with progress of the project and the reasons for this location but just in case you missed it, the best space for a…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project Map – Part 2 of 9 Upper Ox Hill
Ridgeway Farm Art Project Get the download here for the Colour-In at home version of the Ridgeway Farm Art Project Nature Trail Map Part 2 of 9 featuring Step Stones, Quarry Field and Upper Ox Hill Ridgeway Farm Art Project Colour-In Map Part 2 of 9 Upper Ox Hill Click on the link to get…
Read MoreA Bit About Me!
Graduating in 1993 with a BA (Hons) in Art Education Studies from The University of Wales, Melissa embarked on a successful full time career working with her chosen medium of sculpture made predominantly using traditional forging techniques. Trained as a traditional blacksmith by her father Hector Cole MBE FWCB, Melissa started making bespoke domestic iron…
Read MoreMelissa Cole – Biography
Biography COMMISSIONS 2019 Ridgeway Farm Art Project, Purton, Wiltshire for Taylor Wimpey, Stanford In The Vale, Oxfordshire, village arts trail project. 2018 DNA sculpture for Cosmic Walk at Winchester University. Moravian Star sculpture project, Malmesbury, Wilts. Private commission, large garden sculptures, Wiltshire. 2017 Decorative window panels for a Sir John Soanes designed private…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project Newsletter #4 Jan 2020
Hello and Happy New Year to you all! I hope that 2020 brings you joy and peace and adventures to share – like getting involved in this project! The next ‘Walk n Talk’ is Sunday 19th January 2020 meet 11am outside school Wrap up warm, bring friends, dogs, coffee, chocolate! We will be reviewing progress so far and this is…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project Newsletter #3 November 2019
Ridgeway Farm Art Project Newsletter #3 November 2019 Location: Ridgeway Farm Residential Development, Purton, Wiltshire. Phase One: Community Consultation – ongoing to February 2020 for the residents of Ridgeway Farm and the wider Purton community. You may have received a flyer through your letterbox about this project – this is a quick update for you! Thank…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project Update 21.08.19
Ridgeway Farm Art Project Update 21.08.19 Following the first Walk n Talk on Sunday 11thAugust and subsequent site visits, the project is now taking form. Meeting outside the Ridgeway Farm Academy at 11am we headed up through the houses to Upper Ox Hill where the path leads spiralling around to the top (and has been…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project ‘Walk n Talk’ 11 August 2019
Newsletter #1 Summer 2019 Location: Ridgeway Farm Residential Development, Purton, Wiltshire. Phase One: Community Consultation – now to February 2020 for the residents of Ridgeway Farm and the wider Purton community. Following the launch of this project at Ridgeway Farm Academy Summer Fair on 13thJuly you are invited to come to: Walk ‘n’ Talk on Sunday…
Read MoreRidgeway Farm Art Project Launch 13.07.2019
Thank you for your hospitality and interaction today at the Summer Fair – I enjoyed talking about the project with you and you made some lovely wings! This is the poster about the launch of the exciting art project coming to the new Taylor Wimpey development near Purton in North Wiltshire. I will be at…
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