STREET WALKING
We had some periods of SUN yesterday......in between those we had TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAILSTORMS...THUNDER AND LIGHTENING...GALE FORCE WINDS......but at least it was fairly warm......
I'd heard last year that one area of Great Cornard was having some new ornate paving done so I thought I'd take a look around the area and see if I could find it. The idea of the project was that art, such as text or images, would be cut into stone at foot level and placed along the pathways as a lasting testimony to the people from the estate and the wider community. The inspiration for the artworks came from local residents and school children through a variety of workshops and activities. Some of the ideas included:
· People’s personal histories – for instance experiences of first moving to the area from London (Mick himself was one of these incomers)
· People’s personal histories – for instance experiences of first moving to the area from London (Mick himself was one of these incomers)
· Stories about people’s lives in the area
· Thoughts that residents have about the past, present and future
· Ideas of young people (from the local Gt. Cornard schools) expressing ‘what is important’ to them.
Unfortunately due to the heavy rain some of the relief work was filled with mud so the photos don't really do the work justice.
Nowhere becomes somewhere
What is important?
Then and now
Something to care for
They, you, he, she, I, we, them
interspersed with the letters of the word FRIENDS 
Them and us and them
All the individual pictures are re-creations of drawings done by children and adults from the community
The paths interlock towards central points
What a marvellous idea to involve the community in a project like this. This area of Cornard has for many years been thought of as the "rough" end of town but projects like this must help the residents to feel pride in their area and hopefully bring back the community spirit that is so sadly lacking.
13 comments:
What a great idea! I hope you can take more photos when (if?) the mud clears away, but these already look very effective.
I'd like to see more also!
Its good to see things like this springing up in the 'not so good' areas of town! It certainly looks very pretty :o)
Your garden is looking fabulous too, I bet it looks a hell of a lot different since the start of May!!
{{HUGS}} x
That's fantastic, I love that sort of community stuff.
That is such a lovely idea.
I like your dragonfly!
I think that sort of project is good for the community and it's good that the people will do things together. It sounds like you had a good selection of weather yesterday Ruth - who was it said we need some rain? Bob.
Wonderful photos - and great that you went out and looked them up for on here.
Brilliant
I love things about places that are "different".....floors in particular.
The floors in St Marc's Cathedral in Venice are the most wonderful mosaics, laid many many centuries ago...truly beautiful. And I've asked so many who went to Venice what they thought of them.....and they never noticed them.....! I suppose I look down because the distant stuff is blurry with my eyes...
I'm also patchwork mad, and mosaics are a bit like patchwork, aren't they?
Lovely!
They did something like that by the seaside at Sheerness, where Granny lives.
We really must get over to Suffolk soon and investigate these places you're blogging about!
Mum's favourite was the cat one, btw, as if you couldn't guess...
:@}
lilymarlene,
this is a link to a photo of one of the mosaics you mentioned, in St MArk's, Venice, on the floor!
...oops...that link goes to a mosaic that's set into the wall! LOL! Never mind. That blog has some more info on them though.
:^)
Lovely idea! We should do something like this in our park!
Oh Shaz that reminds me of when super glue first came out; we stuck a coin on the pavement then watched people trying to pick it up..hee hee
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