Projects

Splott Road Bridge painting design

Andrew Smith

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

Andrew Rowe, Simon Fenoulhet

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

Sue Hiley Harris

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...

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...

Anderson Field, Adamsdown, Cardiff

Andrew Small

The vision for this project was to create a new park with a variety of play facilities out of an empty, flat field. Artist Andrew Small was selected to collaborate with landscape architect Ian Maddox on the overall design of the park and to create bespoke play structures.

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Fireworks Clay Studios - Ten Years On

The exhibition celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Fireworks Clay Studios as a cooperative in Riverside, Cardiff. Sixteen ceramists are represented, including three ex-members of the cooperative. The show gives an extraordinarily exciting and diverse insight into the ways in which ceramics...

Vale of Glamorgan Civic Offices Roundel

Charles Gurrey; Gillian Clarke

In the summer of 2008 the Vale of Glamorgan Council appointed artist Charles Gurrey and poet Gillian Clarke to create a roundel for the newly redesigned public space in front of the Civic Offices.

To the left of the path leading to the main entrance of the Civic Offices from Holton Road...

Art Knitting project at the National Botanic Garden of Wales

Jemma Sykes

The art work on display at the Garden was created through collaborative workshops with three craft groups in the Upper Afan Valley. At Blaengwynfi, Croeserw and Glyncorrwg, members of three craft groups worked with the artist Jemma Sykes over a period of three weeks to make knitted and crochet...

Paving artwork for Holton Road, Barry

Heather Parnell, David Mackie, Andrew Rowe

This public art project is the first of many to be commissioned for Barry Town Centre in the next few years as part of the ongoing regeneration of the town centre. A transformation has already taken place with the refurbishment of the Town Hall, King Square and Central Park - the first phase of...