From art workshop to finished pieces of sculpture

Both local primary schools sent children and teachers to the community art workshops run by artist Jim Roberts. The workshops took place in the activities room at Rosemary Court, an Extra Care housing scheme for older people in the Lascelles ward. Here, the group of children (wearing either blue or purple school sweatshirts from St John's and Dodmire primary schools) are making bollard designs in clay

The workshops were very interesting and a great chance to learn new skills in clay modelling from a busy artist. Everyone got involved in the work, even the teachers and the community workers!

Here are some of the same children, several months later, enjoying the chance to see how their work came to life in a line of decorative bollards installed across the Link. They were able to see how an idea was translated into clay and then transformed into metal sculptures.

One of the most exciting things for the group when seeing the finished bollards, was this one showing a sculpture of a fox investigating a metal bollard. The children knew who had made the fox model in their art workshop and wanted to make sure she was photographed beside it.

Here she is, looking very proud of the finished result!