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MISGUIDED MAN RESTORES POINTLESS VEHICLE!
STOP PRESS!! Read all about it! This week’s Classic car buyer magazine – Out now!!
“Watt’s in his head”
So I have spent my time writing a new Mr Watt story and ended up with 50 objects that were required to illustrate it. The story is about Mr Watt’s dream – the loss of his sparkle and the subsequent … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, artists in schools, blacksmith, childrens books, craft, education, grumpy man of metal, lost industry, metalwork, Mr Watt, public art, sculpture, welding
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Hey Kids!!
Here’s me giving a talk to Hertford Infants school assembly. A quick history of my career to date, from automata and furniture, to public art and demo’s of the Mr Watt eBooks. What a receptive and appreciative audience! (with thanks … Continue reading →
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Tagged animation, art, artists, artists in schools, blacksmith, childrens books, craft, design, grumpy man of metal, infants, metal man, metalwork, Mr Watt, schools, talks, technology
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Mr Watt at Museum of Iron, Ironbridge Gorge Museums.
Until April 2013: stop press! Exhibition now held over until September 2013 It’s in a great setting, in the Enginuity Hall… surrounded by old bits and pieces of metal… fantastic! There are over 60 objects now that have been made … Continue reading →
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Tagged childrens books, Enginuity, iron, ironbridge, metalwork, museum of iron, steel
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what the scribbles became
I was recently asked to be part of an A&C Black publication, about artists and their drawings. It prompted the digging out and scanning of some of the more interesting works, especially when the scribble had led to bigger things. … Continue reading →
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jenny lind steam locomotive
And now, I shall be making a life size “2-dimensional” replica of an 1847 steam locomotive, the Jenny Lind…. In 1847 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway commissioned a new locomotive from the E.B.Wilson works in Leeds. Named the … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, artists in schools, blacksmith, brighton, childrens books, craft, education, grumpy man of metal, jenny lind, jon mills, metalwork, Mr Watt, public art
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