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Confluence 2024
Currently in production
Browns Wood Public Art Project
Walton Parish, Milton Keynes
Commissioner: Milton Keynes Council
During 2020 and in response to the Covid 19 pandemic, members of the community around the parish and in particular Browns Wood started painting stones and laying these out like a snake in the local park. Sharing this through social media platforms, they captured the interest and imaginations of the wider community, who began to visit and contribute to the snake, ‘Woody’ the snake became a focus for positivity, it represented what people were experiencing but also the spirit of hope and collaboration.
The mound at the entrance to the Browns Wood Sports Field will be the site for the new artwork. The artwork may take the form of a low sculptural bench that will snake around the mound. The designs on the community stones will be preserved digitally and then transferred to printed ceramic tiles that will be incorporated in sculpture. The sculpture may also use poems written by the community that tell the story of ‘Woody’ the stones and the next stage of their life.