Projects
Jackson Quay Sculpture
Jackson Quay, a new housing development within the Barry Waterfront area, officially opened on June 10th 2011. With views over No. 1 Dock and a welcoming entrance sculpture by Angharad Pearce Jones, it is a great example of affordable housing.
Newydd Housing Association commissioned...
Canada Road paving scheme
Artists Heather Parnell and David Mackie were appointed by Cardiff Council’s Neighbourhood Renewal team to work with pupils at Ysgol Mynydd Bychan to design an artwork or series of artworks for Canada Road.
In considering the site and the school, two themes became apparent to the artists...
West Quay Medical Centre art commission
High Street Family Practice moved premises in 2010 to a spacious new medical centre with state of the art facilities. The new centre is called West Quay Medical Centre and is located on Hood Road, less than 10 minutes from the old premises on High Street in Barry.
As part of the new build...
Thompson Street Footbridge Dominoes
This project is a celebration of the cultural diversity of youth activities in Barry both past and present. The Domino Club was established in Barry between 1947 and 1951, and involved young people in theatre, performance and carnival activities. The series of slate dominoes, edged in mirror-...
Splott Road Bridge painting design
This colourful painting scheme is the design of artist Andrew Smith, an abstract painter based in North Wales.
The railway bridge parapet had fallen into disrepair, with rust patches and flaking paint, giving a negative impression of the area. However, the plans to re-paint it were the...
Delta Street seating
This striking bespoke bench is a collaboration between artist blacksmith and sculptor Andrew Rowe and light artist Simon Fenoulhet.
Cardiff County Council commissioned the two artists to create the sculptural seating as part of the improvement of Delta Street - a key priority within the...
Blaenavon Spiral
Background
Blaenavon and its wider industrial landscape was rewarded in December 2000 when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) inscribed the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape as a World Heritage Site under the 1972 World Heritage Convention for the...
Business Service Centre – internal artwork commissions
The Vale of Glamorgan Council has a percent for art policy to encourage the commissioning of public art for new builds and regeneration schemes. In September 2006, The Business Service Centre opened to provide workshop units for units for new, fledgling and high growth local businesses. Although...
Llwynypia Powerhouse Public Art Strategy
This public art strategy was commissioned by the Rhondda Powerhouse Trust as part of a wider restoration project which aims to both preserve the fabric of the building, create a new interior and secure the building’s future with sustainable uses.
Through site-visits and research,...
SA1 Public Art Strategy
The SA1 Swansea Waterfront is a bold and innovative scheme to transform a post-industrial brownfield site into a vibrant mixed-use development of business, residential, retail and leisure offer. As part of the re-building and re-branding of the site, Celfwaith were commissioned in October 2008...
