Commissions by Philip Bews

Commissions by Philip Bews

Public commissions by Philip Bews

Below is a summary of my public commissions, starting with the most recent.

Please click on the underlined links for more details on some of these pieces of work.

2007	Free	Lydney, Gloucestershire, England	Commissioned by Taurus Crafts to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of slavery.
2007	Elephant Fire	Newby Hall, England	Bonfire and lantern celebration.
2007	Story Circle Seats	Wythenshawe Park Manchester, England	Curved oak seats with fairies perched on top of posts. Additional woodland carving on seats.
2006	Leap	Lydney, Gloucestershire, England	Temporary Celebratory Sculpture. Commissioned as part of the Summer Arts project at Taurus Crafts.
2006	Galleon	Ischgl Fire Festival, Austria	Galleon fire sculpture created by the 'Magic House' team (Phil, Diane & Chris). Part of fire festival in Austria.
2006	Waymarkers Posts	Darwen, England	2m high carved oak posts depicting woodland creatures.
2003-5	Arrivall	Tewkesbury, England	Design for a large wood construction.
2005	Icarus	Lydney, Gloucestershire, England	Temporary Celebratory Sculpture - 8m high. Commissioned to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Taurus Crafts.
2005	Meadow seat	Manchester, England	Oak seat created on site at Wythenshawe Park.
2004	Shooting Star& Planet Bench	Clifton Village, Bristol, England	Made during the summer 2004, from a Horse Chestnut. The bench was formed from a local Evergreen Oak.
2004	Swan Seat	Pickmere, Cheshire, England	3.7m long carved oak seat.
2002	The White Horse Kiss	Fynamore School, Westbury Leigh, England	Two carved trees.
2002	Elephant Tower	Bristol Zoo, England	5m high carved cedar tree.
2002	Weaver Flat	Dutton Locks, Cheshire, England	Carved oak boat seat.
2002	Trail of Words	Grove Lane Woods, Burnley, England	Railings and carved oak posts based on poems by Jackie Kay and local people.
2002	Taurus Bull	Lydney, Gloucestershire, England	5 metre high bull constructed of selected lengths of English Oak tree branches.
2001	Tree of Life	Bristol, England	6m high carved cedar tree at Bristol Zoo.
2001	Ancient Woodland	Marbury Park, Cheshire, England	Carved beech seat.
2001	Ciresio	Arroyo Cerezo, Spain	Winner of the Gold Mazena - 3m high horse made from oak branches.
2000	Nurturing Nature	Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England	Two figures 4.5m & 2.5m high figures carved from oak tree.
2000	Time Tower	Bromyard, Herefordshire, England	A constructed and carved oak tower for Nunwell Park.
2000	Mercia Man	Hereford, England	A 6m high carved beech tree.
2000	Pegasus	Gardens of Sofiero Castle, Helsingborg, Sweden	2m high sculpture of horse constructed from mixed hard wood branches. It now lives in Kivik, Sweden.
1999	Miners Memorial	Cinderford, England	Sculpture commissioned for site of former Northern United colliery; steel structure, red sandstone figures.
1999	Fish Seat	Cheshire, England	Carved oak seat for Shakerley Mere.
1998	Green People	Marbury Park, Cheshire, England	4m high 3 figures carved from standing Beech tree.
1998	Fish Man	Riverside Park, Macclesfield, England	2.5m high carved and constructed oak - sited in a pond.
1997	Shell Seats	Birley Street, Blackpool, England	Portland Stone carved seats for Blackpool Borough Council.
1997	Giant Newt	Warrington, England	Carved oak sculpture, 4m long for Risely Moss Nature Park Project.
1996	Childe of Hale	Hale, England	4m high figure carved from standing Beech tree stump, assisted by Geoff Wilson with community participation, commissioned by Hale Parish Council.
1995	Guardian/ Gwachadwr	Wepre Country Park, England	4m high figure carved from standing Beech stump, for Alyn and Deeside Council, at Wepre Country Park.
1995	Heron in Reeds	Warrington, England	Welded steel, at Sankey Valley Park for Warrington B.C. Ranger Services, funded by Marks and Spencer.
1994	Ymir	Chester, England	Large Portland stone carving for Garden for Blind People, Grosvenor Park, Chester, commissioned by Chester Civic Trust.
1994	Queen of Mercia	Halton, England	Steel boat ribs with bronze figurehead for Halton Borough Council and Manchester Ship Canal Company.
1994	Dunham Manticore Follies	Dunham, England	Group environmental sculpture/performance event, with Dodgy Clutch Theatre Co., at Dunham Massey.
1993	Brian Bevan Memorial	Warrington Town Centre, England	Memorial for record holding, former Warrington Rugby League Club player, Brian Bevan.
1991-2	Green man	Knutsford, England	Commissioned by Groundwork Trust for Knutsford Heritage Centre.
1990	Roman Arch Figures	Warrington, England	Life size Roman Arch Figures in carved Corsehill Sandstone for Commission for New Towns at Pewterspear Green, Warrington.
1989-90	Deal Porters	London, England	7m high, bronze, oak, steel. For London Docklands Development Corporation, at Canada Water, Surrey Quays.
1989	Survivor	Thurstaston, England	Unilever/Williamson Art Gallery Commission for Wirral Country Park.
1987-8	Coventina	Runcorn, England	Life size carved sandstone figure for Norton Priory Museum.