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THIS TOO WILL PASS

21-05-2021 By Tim Scrace

Tim Scrace‘s sculpture, This Too Will Pass, #TTWP has been installed on the High Street in Salisbury and will remain in place throughout the summer 2021. The installation is part of Salisbury BID’s ongoing support for local businesses, particularly as they reopen after three months of lockdown, supporting a vibrant city centre that attracts both residents and visitors to Salisbury’s independent businesses and hospitality venues.

This video was prepared by Carlton Brunton of Brunton Media

People

The sculpture was created to mimic pilgrimage, the movement of people to and from the cathedral. The passing of time and memory. The process of reflection, mindfulness and vision represented in snapshots of the past, present and future. Viewers pass along the same path as their ancestors and are encouraged to stop and recognise this. The large monoliths created by recycled boards also hint to the neighbouring Stonehenge and other spiritual connections. Emphasising the link between the high street, st thomas’ and the cathedral they direct and articulate this force and movement.

Technology

The stones represent the process of constructing the cathedral, the crafting of a rock to a finished element, a finial. Machine driven technology has enabled us to make products in a different way. Where the materials of the past might be stone, those of the future are made of recycled plastic and recycled paper.

Vision

In allowing the community to mark the boards using chalk the aim of the sculpture is to help the city find its collective voice. To reflect on the past and build on its future. The world is changing and we all need to make changes. “This Too Will Pass” provides a platform for this transition. Please make a visit to Salisbury to share your thoughts and ideas.

WITH THANKS

The sculpture is funded by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Funding Grant. The following people and organisations helped bring the sculpture to life. Thanks to: Salisbury Bid, Salisbury Cathedral Works Yard, Salisbury Joinery, Wiltshire Creative, Deborah Fox, James Gough, RDF Lighting, Richlite, Stormboard, RNC Fabrications, Wiltshire Council, Salisbury City Council, Design Pit, Signs Express.

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COMMENTS

Deborah Fox, owner of local gallery, café and gift shop Fisherton Mill, said: “It is so exciting to see our cityscape being enlivened by this locally designed, interactive artwork for the summer season. Visitors and locals alike are now so much more appreciative of the outdoors and Salisbury is very blessed with vibrant and historic streets and our High Street views will be further enhanced with this addition.”

Robert Titley, Chair of Salisbury Cathedral’s Arts Advisory Committee and Canon Treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral said: “It is wonderful to see Cathedral stone used in this new work. The builders of our Cathedral were driven by faith and hope, and they reached out for something beyond the everyday. We see that same spirit in this installation, and it’s a spirit we all need as we look forward from this hardest of years.”

Jess Gibbons, Wiltshire Council Director, Community and Neighbourhood services, said: “We are delighted to have been able to help facilitate the installation of this interactive sculpture in an area of Salisbury where it will be seen by a large number of people. Although this piece of art was initially developed as part of the 800th anniversary of the Cathedral commemoration, the theme of ‘This Too Will Pass’ is particularly relevant and poignant given the events of the last year or so. We hope that residents and visitors to the city take the opportunity to interact with the sculpture and it enables them to reflect on their own past, present and future.”

Salisbury Mayor Elect Councillor Caroline Corbin said: “Salisbury is excited about welcoming residents and visitors safely back into the city centre this summer as lockdown measures ease. This interactive sculpture will be an additional attraction, giving people a chance to reflect on the past but also to envisage a bright and optimistic future for us all.”

Frame a View

17-04-2020 By Tim Scrace

Our connection with outside seems to be entrenched in our experience of the world. The great outdoors has a natural hold on us. We are compelled to seek out natural light, fresh air and green from within our internal environments.

Whilst we enjoy the comfort, security and shelter of indoors it is often at odds with our nature. Just as we are disorientated when we don’t recognise our setting, it seems we do not want to forget our roots. When internalising a space, there is a need to create opportunities to remind ourselves of this connection.

There is more to an opening to a wall than meets the eye. Whether a window, a gate, or a door, their treatment and definition vary widely in colour, frame, finish and use. Where a door provides a threshold, a transition to the outside, a gate provides a defence. A window seems to offer the visual connection to the natural world we seek.

The desire to create sight lines in modern design emphasises this need. So as not to take away from this link, we find that the simpler the opening treatment, the more successful the effect. A more modest approach to finish leads one to look beyond, back to where we came from.

The only question left then is: what we are looking at? The subject of the view is fundamental to good architecture. Whether a window’s function is simply letting in the light or having a clear shot at the church tower, both connect us to context, orientation and place and, accompanied by the body of our shelter collectively contribute to our subconscious understanding of place.

ENTER COMPETITION

Comment – FRAME A VIEW

Broughton

23-12-2019 By Tim Scrace

SCRACE ARCHITECTS have secured planning permission for this fantastic extension and refurbishment project in Broughton, Hampshire. Over the past year we have been working with our clients on a variety of options to investigate the best way to upgrade their outdated property. With a small but growing family, our clients wanted to maximise the potential of their existing home. Having lived and grown up in the village, they were keen to make sure that their new home was up to standard, so that they could put down roots locally.

Working with well-informed clients with interior design acumen has been a pleasure, and we have been lucky enough to explore how best to respond sympathetically. The choice of materials was particularly important in ensuring that the proposal ties in with its immediate context. Revisions to the front and side elevation have helped reflect the building’s setting and identity.

Architectural devices such as timber shutters have been used to help disguise the awkwardness of the existing elevation and create a barn-like typology. Taller and more expansive windows add variety and depth to the elevation, as well as providing connections with the natural environment. A glazed corner at ground level mitigates the extension’s visual impact to the boundary.

If you want to learn more about how we can help you realise your vision, please call 01722 658048.

To see the planning application in full, please visit the local authority website and search for reference: 19/02619/FULLS

Planning – Broughton