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The
Friends of Oakworth (Holden) Park |
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Work commenced on 31st
October 2006 to restore the original mosaics on the floor of the grotto
entrances. The schoolchildren started their mosaic workshops on 7th November 2006 |
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An application was made in early 2006 for a Local Heritage Initiative grant to restore the mosaics in the grotto entrances. This was successful, and part of the grant will involve Oakworth Primary School, where the children will help to design a new mosaic panel with local artist, Frances Taylor. This panel is planned to be installed on a wall under the raised walkway by the playground in the park. The children will also make their own small mosaic boards to keep. |
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Frances held two workshops in
Holden Hall during January 2007, where people were invited to help with
the construction of the mosaic panel. Children from Oakworth Primary
School, and Braithwaite School helped with this. |
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Frances explains the mosaic to three volunteers |
Volunteers having a go at cutting tiles |
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Cutting a tessera inside a polythene bag to protect against flying splinters of glass |
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Original design on paper as a guide for the main panel. |
Close up of the border area with oak leaf details |
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Examples of the tesserae to be used, showing the large range of colours available. |
More colours of tesserae to be used in the mosaic |
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Detail on the main board depicting industry. |
Another detail next to the part completed border panel. |
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A better view of the border panel and corner detail. |
The whole panel. Frances will be taking this away now to complete this at her workshop. |
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If you have any questions or comments, please email the site webmaster Andy Wade |
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