Haiku
A participatory public art project October 2023, Haiku was designed by Chris Speyer and created with members of the community in Cullompton, Devon. It formed part of 'Creative Cullompton' - a High Street Action Zone programme with funding from Historic England. The finished artwork was installed in the courtyard of the The Hayridge Centre.
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After a walk through parkland along the old millstream, participants wrote words that reflected their memories of the sights sounds and smells they had experienced. These they then rearranged to create haikus.
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Stoneware stained with oxides was used to create the Haiku sculpture.
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Participants modelled small 'sprig' decorations to illustrate the haikus that they had written.
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The 'sprigs' were bisque fired and then used to form impressed and raised decorations on the spines of the sculpture.
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The words of the haikus written by the participants were stamped into the clay spines, punctuated by sprig decorations.
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The finished work was mounted on one of the walls of the library courtyard.