A cat may sit on a dragon in the Liverpool Biennale 2016

Anthony went up to Liverpool to see the Biennale. The cat was in a shop - not part of the Biennale.  Below a sculpture by Ramin Haerizadeh in the Cains Brewery one of the venues for art round the city - perhaps the most successful one. The city has certainly perked up since Anthony was there for  a while in the 70's.

                      Below one of the sculptures by Sahej Rahal in the Cains Brewery.

                                                  Below a graffiti on  a street wall.

Floating band work in progress

Work in progress for our band which will stand on a floating raft at Stourhead the National Trust property in Wiltshire as part of a   sculpture trail to commemorate the effect of World War 1 on the community. The band will commemorate the concerts held at Stourhead to entertain wounded troops and also the scratch bands formed  by troops on all sides near the front often making instruments from whatever came to hand.

Wolf head

We have  placed this Wolf's Head  in  place  for a new commission.

Floating band for Stourhead

Our next installation at Stourhead, the National Trust property in Wiltshire, is  to be added this summer  to our sculpture trail "Stourhead will never forget. " The trail  commemorates the effect of World War 1 on the local community. The next installation will be a band floating on one of the smaller lakes. Lady Hoare allowed convalescent troops from nearby Mere to go boating at Stourhead and she laid on concerts. Above the concept. Below is a photo of some of those soldiers relaxing at Stourhead during World War 1.

We had a workshop at Stourhead (see below) to make instruments for the band. The soldiers from all the armies made them from whatever came to hand;we are following that tradition. We also worked on creating a musician. The  last image in this post shows a French poilu with a instrument made from odds and ends.

Guiding the guides at Stourhead

Scraptor Anthony gave a guided walk at Stourhead for the guides at the National Trust property taking them round the Scraptors' sculpture trail   "Stourhead will never forget " commemorating the effect of World War 1 on the community.  Above is Ebenezer Stone's Bike. He was a stable lad who made himself a bike before the War but lost both legs in the conflict. Out of the shot are two giant crutches, one morphing into a gun. Below is the Camel Train - a train containing camels not a train of camels. This commemorates the involvement of local men in the Middle East with the Dorset Yeomanry.Camels in large numbers were transported by train.

Aliens go for a walk with their pet in the Scraptors sculpture mad garden

Spring has sprung , maybe a rather cold one. The aliens are out for a walk. The monster has flowered.

Scraptor Paul infects van

Last week Paul painted a friends pick up truck ....coating it with a whole environment of rocks, mutant insects and  plant forms ......the truck is based here at this weird and wonderful scrap yard and centre for all sorts of interesting stuff :http://www.rockawaypark.co.uk/