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BRUSHING up on her art techniques — Lisa Scantlebury (22) has acquired some useful art tips since arriving at the colony


[ T H O U G H T for the week


WHILE on active service in the desert, we suspected on several occasions that our left hand was unaware of what the right was doing.


service for non-conformist soldiers, being conducted one morning by a Church of England chaplain.


This was confirmed when we attended our parade


the opening hymn, but amazed at our evident lack of enthusiasm to respond to the service books in our


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familiar with the words before us as we were all non-conformists. If we had admitted to leprosy, the effect on him could not have been more startling.. His face went white, then red, as he appeared to. swallow his Adam’s apple. The adjutant officer came to his rescue and we were briskly ordered to return our service books immediately. We then saw the chaplain march off towards the Jeep, leaving us with no one to lead us in worship.


..............


service when I explained that I was a Methodist preacher, so I conducted the rest of the service,, using YMCA hymnals, to begin a new avenue of Christian service in the Army..


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AT home in the woods — Paul Wood (34) travelled from Leicester to create wooden carvings at his new home in Brockhall Village


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Local colony is a centre of arts excellence


temperatures of BrockhaU Hospital laundi-y, it must have been difficult to imagine another use for the building. But now the linen trol­


A


s the patients’ w h i te bed


of Art, Helen worked in a variety of jobs in London,


sheets were washed and ironed in the swirling steam and stifling


before, studying for her MA, specialising in sculp­ ture, at the Royal College


of Art in the city. However, an oppor­


leys and huge industrial drying machines have dis­ appeared, allowing the sun to stream through the


tunity to escape London’s hustle and bustle and return to her home county of Lancashire arose when a letter from Brockhall V il lag e ’s ow ner, Mr Gerald Hitnian, arrived at


glass roof on to the con­ crete floor below. And, instead of the con­


stant noise of the machines spinning their loads, the sounds of a hammer crash­ ing on metal, a kiln baking its clay contents and the chatter of voices all echo around the vast building. For the old laundry is


tion s to a r t colleges around the country, asking students to visit the vil­ lage and listen to his plans


college. Mr Hitman sent invita­


for the colony. Helen said: “They came


now the workplace to more than 30 sculptors in what is, perhaps, the onjy arts centre of its kind in the country. S in c e s t a r t i n g in


along and thought it would make a wonderful place. For me, this seemed a perfect opportunity to get back to the North-West and c a r ry on making sculpture. “But, the more I found


out about the place, the more fired -u p 1 got. Gerald realised he needed


November, the Brockhall Arts Institute, or the ‘‘ar­ tis ts ’ colony" as it has become known, has attracted artists from all


over the country. The colony, which


houses the artists in the former nurses’ homes, has also built a reputation in Europe, with inquiries coming from as far afield as the Czech Republic and Germany.


film , arts centre at the site — revealved exclusi-


vely in our newspaper last wj,0 specialises in wood gaid: “It is at an embryonic ment, while only maintain- week tne Advertiser sculpture, travelled from stage. I certainly think ing their art interest as a Leicester after reading this sort of initiative will


With plans now for an .


and Times” decided to dis­ cover the roots of this major project and meet the young a r t is ts who


Artist Paul Wood (34), n u ia : i« u . h w u


about the colony in an artists’ newsletter.


have made Brockhall Vil­ lage their home. Heading the village’s


arts project is Helen Pem­ berton, whose first-class degree in sculpture is a perfect foundation for her position as arts project co-ordinator.


After completing her BA at Canterbury College


scale in the country, noth­ ing has been developed


“There is nothing on this


quite like this,” said Paul. Paul’s work has taken


root in the building, sprouting from the floor and hanging from the building rafters, and he believes this colony is an ideal place-for artists to work.


shop's forge for his work, believes the colony has great deal of potential. He


grow into something big.’ Jamie, a former tree


fail to make a living from their work and are forced to enter unrelated employ-


LU cmui UIIIULU-CU piuj


hobby. It is envisaged that the


surgeon, explained that he had been looking for an opportunity, such as the


colony, to allow him to return to sculpture. Several sculptors have


colony, which can house up to 80 artists, will offer the


worked professionally in the art world for a number of years, but many have only recently graduated from college. The colony was origin-


graduates advice on mar­ keting their work and pro­ viding a platform to dis- p la y i t to a w id e r audience. Lisa Scantlebury (22), who is one of the youngest


College last year.


a bridge between his busi­ ness and the arty way of thinking, so I accepted the p o s t as a r t s p ro je c t co-ordinator."


dio can be found in one of the village’s quieter sites, which has not yet been the focus of development.


The artists’ laundry stu­


football pitch, the laundry building is home to sculp­ ture of every form, rang­ ing from wood to clay and concrete to metal.


Around the size of a


WEAVING her latest willow sculpture — Nicola Smith (25), who attended Liverpool University, describes the artists’ colony as a “dream”


graduate Jamie Markee (25), who uses the work­


Manchester University


ally set up on the basis She said the studio had that the overwhelming provided plenty of oppor- majority of art graduates tunities to learn new tech-


niques and skills from other artists. Like th e v i l la g e ’s


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R o u n d a n d A b o u t t h o R i b b l e V a lle y with Stewart Pimbley


owner, the a rt is ts also have plans for the site and would want to see a gal­ lery and catering facilities for visitors to the studio. But, in the meantime,


the artists are opening their doors to the public on


the August Bank Holiday and after that the studio w ill be op en e v e ry Sunday. A s e le c t io n of th e


artists at the colony, gra­ duated with a ceramics degree from Cardiff Art


artists’ work can also be found at Clitheroe’s Plat­


form Gallery until August 12th.


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