Paul Grime
public artist

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Scottish Mining Museum
Castlemilk
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Gilmerton

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Shetland
Portobello

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Oldham
Sunderland

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Barrow in Furness

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metal
PAISLEY FENCE

Royal Oldham Hospital
Mental Health Unit
Galvanised steel
7 no. Paisley panels
each 1.1 x 1.5 metres
December 1997

Designed following a week - long residency in the Hospital, where the artist worked with users of the Mental Health facility, computer scanning flowers and organic forms from the grounds and developing the images as designs for metal work.

see -
CRAFTS July/August 1999 - Parklands House, The Royal Oldham Hospital. Ruth Pavey.

metal
EARTH

Sunderland City Council.
Galv
anised Steel
6 no. fence panels
height 1.3 metres
April 1995

The concept and artist's initial proposal were developed following drawing workshops with local primary school children, the users of the facility. The images describe historical environments which are still in evidence today and offers reference for play and story telling using inanimate symbols open to wide interpretation.