A land artist who marks major events with his innovative designs had some willing helpers from Bradford Grammar Junior School to create his latest work.
Andrew Wood, who runs Field of Vision Land Art, created a piece of art running from Bradford’s Lister Park to the grammar school’s front lawn to mark the UCI World Championships.
The work, which was commissioned by Bradford Council, showed a cyclist disappearing into a ford in the park and emerging from the other side of the ford onto Bradford Grammar’s lawn.
Andrew said the inspiration for the artwork had come from the name Bradford, which is derived from the Old English words brad, meaning broad, and ford, where people would cross the river at its widest point.
“The artwork depicts a member of local successful women’s cycling club, Queensbury Queens of the Mountain, who follow the UCI World Championship coltours into Lister Park and enter the broad-ford, mixing the colours as they fly through the air. The female rider then re-emerges from the ford in the grounds of Bradford Grammar School,” he said.
“We sketched out the work with little white dots and then the children came to help us fill it in with colour using a knapsack sprayer. It always looks its best from the air, so we get drone footage to show the children afterwards and they love it. The work then tends to get beamed around the world on television when the cycling competition happens.”
Felicity Robertshaw-Hughes, deputy head pastoral at Bradford Grammar Junior School, said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed helping Andrew create his artwork and were very excited to see the finished product. It’s been fantastic for them to help celebrate a major sporting event in this way.”
“The children thoroughly enjoyed helping Andrew create his artwork and were very excited to see the finished product. It’s been fantastic for them to help celebrate a major sporting event in this way.”
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