Joint Commissions by Philip Bews and Diane Gorvin

Joint Commissions

Public commissions by Diane Gorvin and Philip Bews

Below is a summary of our joint public art commissions, starting with the most recent.

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

2007	Current work	Bristol	Tri-Flight (Bristol).
2006-7	Life's a Journey	Lisburn Road, Belfast	Cast bronze figurehead with butterflies. To be sited at the Bradbury Centre, Community Treatment Care.
2007	Art+Fire	Stockholm, Wisconsin, USA	Project with other Form 8 International sculptors. Viking ship and fish lanterns.
2006-7	Ebb and Flow	Maindee School, Newport, Wales	6m high stainless steel sculpture with 10 glass panels in railings.
2007	Skyward	Elborough Village, Hutton	A wooden sculptural seat recalling the aviation manufacturing history of the site.
2006	Dartford's Biggest Fan	Princes Park Community Stadium, Dartford	Made of green Oak from Lydney Park, Dartford's Biggest Fan is a ‘green’ man for a ‘green’ building (as well as being an avid football supporter).
2006	Acorn Cup, Seed and Leaves	Central Square, Whiteley, Hampshire	An acorn cup and a seed carved from Portland Stone with oak leaves attached form seating 4m long.
2006	Imagined Landscapes	Green Park Healthcare Trust, Belfast	Series of overlapping 2-metre high screens made of carved oak, glass and growing bamboo.
2005	Spiral Elements	Summerfield Close, Blockley	Spiral form - nine cast stone wall copings, two carved Portland stone ammonite shells and three oak seats – two ammonites and a curlicue seat
2005	Abingdon A	Abingdon, England	'A' shape formed by 3.7m tall Portland stone pillars topped by glass features.
2003-4	Aspire	Wolverhampton, England	Stainless steel, bronze and glass sculpture - Wolverhampton Science Park.
2002-3	C-Interludes	Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff, Wales	Glass, bronze and stainless steel sculptures.
2002	Concept to Creation	Rotary Arts Centre, Kelowna, B.C. Canada	Three Western Red Cedar Obelisks linked by a stainless steel tube and supporting a bonze Acrobat and Thinking Head, with two marble podia.
2001	Pocket Park	Cirencester, England	Decorative steel railings on a nursery animal theme, two bronze geese and an oak seat in the form of the man in the moon.
2000	King of the Wood	Aspects Leisure Park, Bristol, England	Two bronze masks fixed to three carved oak supports.
1999	Founding	Cinder Bank, Dudley, England	Three large arch and wedge steel structures 6m high 24m long with cut out designs depicting local industries, a 20m high steel ‘flame’ tower and a 3m high ‘worker’ bronze figure.
1999	Flora's Garden	Maidenhead, England	Portland stone seat and drinking fountain with steel screen/arch designed by local people, commissioned by Sustrans and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
1999	Festival Friendships	Watford, England	Four stainless steel 6m columns topped by bronze masks and copper ribbons with bronze bases of the world.
1997	Electrolysis	Centenary Park, Castner Kellner, Runcorn, England	Stone/stainless steel/glass sculpture commissioned by ICI.
1997	Old Father Thames	South Bank, London, England	Designed for Coin Street Festival, wood structure 8m high, commissioned by Sustrans, located adjacent to the Oxo Tower, on the South Bank.
1997	Gateways	Marshall’s Arm Nature Reserve, Northwich, England	Gateways for Marshall’s Arm Nature Reserve, oak, style posts carved by Phil, wrought iron gate design by Diane and fabricated by blacksmith Chris Doughty.
1996	Stop	Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn, England	3m high welded steel sculpture - as warning device at cycleway junction, Norton Priory Museum.
1996	Celtic Dragon	St Wilfred’s Park, Hulme, Manchester, England	2.2m long bronze cast, commissioned by Hulme Regeneration.
1995	Mill Girl and Calf	Charter Walk Shopping Centre, Burnley, England	Bronze casts for Charter Walk Shopping Centre.
1994	Janus	Pewterspear Green, Warrington, England	Sandstone column and bronze head 3.5m high, commissioned by the Commission for New Towns.
1993	Time and Tide	Queen’s Dock, Liverpool, England	Major commission for HM Customs and Excise Headquarters. Steel columns, bronze figures and glass fibre reinforced concrete wall reliefs.
1992-3	Refuge	Bank Hall Station, Bootle, England	Bronze/stone, multi-element commission for British Rail/Railside Revival.
1992	Barnard's Wharf Animals	Rotherhithe, London, England	Bronze casts commissioned by London Docklands Development Corporation for Barnard's Wharf.
1991-2	Journeys	Piccadilly Station Approach, Manchester, England	Collaboration with Partnership Art/Sheena Simon Sixth Form College.