TRA's projects to improve the visual environment recognized

Hackney Gazette article about Beecholme

 

Story Jon Dean     Photo & reportage OLIVIA HARRIS

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/home/e-edition

BTW: Tim Norris calls the benches "sculptural benches", not artistic benches.  

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I should note another typo on the print version, corrected in the online feature:

the artist who designed and will be constructing the new bench

is sculptor Tim Norris (RSBS) and not Tim Morris.

http://www.timnorris.co.uk/

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The Gazette have the corrected feature

story online:

"Upper Clapton residents enlist well known sculptor for estate revamp"

Jon Dean , Reporter 

Friday, February 4, 2011

"Members of the Beecholme Tenants’ and Residents’ Association have spent the last two years painting, planting and fundraising to smarten up the estate in Prout Road.

Now they are ready for the next stage – three sculpted benches designed for them by well known sculptor Tim Norris.

Mr Norris, who calls the benches “artistic furniture”, said: “What is interesting about this project is that it is led by the residents themselves.”

He hopes to have the first new bench in place by March...."

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For the full history of the bench with sketches and photos see the Sculpture page:

http://beecholme.blogspot.com/p/sculpture_13.html

 

which also has info on several other improvements made by the TRA

as part of our Visual Environment Project 

including: 

artwork on the bins, signage and more.

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The "Grounds 1" and "Grounds 2" pages of this blog show the new planting on the estate from design & planting by Wendy Allen Designs with the Grass Roof Co. and with lots of photos of the beds, from bare earth to completed beds

like this

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