Lock up in Wheatley

This is James Winnett's proposal for the Wheatley Show: a large temporary hexagonal pyramid sculpture. He was inspired by Wheatley's village lock-up, built in 1834.

This mini prison can be found near the edge of the old quarry site. It has a heavy padlocked door and the floor space is about six feet square with a headroom of about eight feet. In the 19th century it was used to lock up drunks overnight before sending them to the Oxford court. More recently it has been opened every May Day. For a small charge visitors can be locked up for five minutes or so, and given a certificate to prove it.

Packing Mementos

We are now preparing the garden event in Wheatley. Michi Suzuki is wrapping her ceramic sculptures "Fallen Memento" to be picked up for the show: large natural forms, a soft white - they will look great at Wheatley.

They are larger and heavier (up to 30kg!) than I imagined. But still time left to build up muscles to lift them.

There is a plane on the wall

Michail Pirgelis works with planes. He finds them (not so easy: the last one he got was from a company who builds flight simulators), then he cuts it (also not easy... if you ever tried this), and then he puts it together again. He works with a surgeon’s precision when he dissects discarded parts and rearranges them without losing sight of their original function and context. Have a closer look at the image and you can spot the outer wall and the seatbelt (not securely fastened at the moment). New pieces can be seen at the 26th of June in our ex-pram-shop.