KENNEDY UNVEILING

SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2013

(Photos courtesy of Paul Bull)

JFK MEMORIAL IS UNVEILED BY 

MONSIGNOR P BROWNE & MONSIGNOR J DANIEL Mc HUGH

CURTAIN MADE BY THE TEXTILES DEPARTMENT OF 

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM

OLIVER MEETS MONSIGNOR J DANIEL Mc HUGH

GUESTS MINGLE!

INTERVIEW WITH ITV

OLIVER PRESENTS MARGARET NANGLE WITH JFK BRASS STATUETTE

KENNETH BUDD'S CHARTIST MOSAIC UNDER THREAT AGAIN!!

News has reached us that a new developer is making overtures for the re-development of John Frost Square in Newport South Wales.

As many who know our work will realise this could mean the destruction of the Chartist mosaic.  Completed in 1978 this is a narrative work running along the complete length of a subway entering the square and featuring marching Chartists on their way to the showdown at the Westgate hotel.

All the figures are life-size and effectively as you walk along the subway you "march" with the Chartists.

I've always considered this one of my father's greatest works, please click on the link below to view a short intro I recorded in support of this work remaining intact and in-situ in Newport.

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Oliver Budd

March 8th 2013

PENULTIMATE PANEL FOR SYDENHAM COMPLETED

The Queen's Hall roundel for the Sydenham Centre has now been completed in the studio.

It features the cinema building that was bombed during the Second World War.  This is now the exact location of the centre and our new mosaics.

It features Boris Karloff as doorman and mummy! (one-time resident of Sydenham), logos for the arts festival and International Music Festival.  Flags above the building proclaim Norman Long and Leslie Howard, two more residents.

ALL THE WAY - WITH JFK!!!

AFTER SEVEN YEARS AND OVER 200,000 PEICES OF MOSAIC LATER KENNEDY IS BACK IN BRUM!!!

YES, THATS ME, GROUT-STAINED BUT UNBOWED!!

THE FINISHED WORK, 2PM JAN 22ND

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RIGHT-HAND-SIDE

TOP-MAN PAUL BULL GROUTING IN THE SNOW!

(check out his website paulbullmosaics.co.uk)

MOSAIC ARRIVES ON SITE

ALL THE MOSAIC SECTIONS ARRIVED ON SITE LAST WEEK AND WE'VE SPENT EVERY DAY INSTALLING THEM AND STARTING THE MAKING GOOD BETWEEN THE PANELS.

 MONDAY AFTERNOON

 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

 FRIDAY AFTERNOON

WATCH THIS!!!

SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM RAN A WEB-CAM LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE INSTALLING THE STEELWORK.

THE RESULT IS THIS GREAT FOOTAGE IN STOP-FRAME SEQUENCE OF OUR WEEK ON SITE.

CLICK ON LINK BELOW (OPEN IN NEW WINDOW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yH79pbWIkc

JFK STEELWORK NOW INSTALLED

STEELWORK INSTALLED ON SITE

This last week has been a busy one.  Monday started at 4am and our journey to Birmingham to start work on erecting all the steelwork for the Kennedy Memorial.

Thanks to the capable skills of our engineer, Rob Longley and my two co-workers Mark and Nick we managed to raise the structure in five days.

Our very great thanks to Dave Peebles of the Custard Factory for all his considerable assistance and Mike Hopkins and his very friendly and helpful staff at South & City College who gave our steel sheets safe accommodation until they could be fixed to the framework.   

STEELWORK ARRIVES ON SITE

GALVANISED STEEL FRAMES RAISED, BOLTED TOGETHER AND FIXED TO BUILDING STRUCTURE (SEEN FROM ABOVE)

THE SEVEN STEEL FRAMES ARE NOW IN PLACE AND THE CORTEN AND STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS ARE INSTALLED

BY WEDNESDAY EVENING ALL THE LOWER SHEETS HAVE BEEN FIXED AND THE 16.500M BY 4.500M FRAME IS FULLY INSTALLED

MARK WORKING ON INSTALLING THE FIRST CORTEN STEEL LETTERING PANEL OVER THE STAINLESS STEEL BACKING SHEETS

YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 14TH DEC) ALL METALWORK COMPLETED ON AN EXTREMELY WET AND WINDY SITE READY FOR THE MOSAIC ELEMENTS  

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