Owl Art Studio
Owl Art Studio (motto: "it seemed like a good idea at the time") is an art studio based in Willesden Green, London, NW2 England. The artistic director is Robin Tatham. The studio is involved in printmaking, wood carving, and public artworks including large-scale sculpture and public space gardening projects.
The public space artwork projects are influenced by the work of Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The studio has been the subject of the documentary, The Owls Inside by film-maker Steven Rose [1]'.
Projects[edit]
- A sequence of large-scale woodcarvings from dead trees in the public park local to owl art studio, executed from 2000-2005.[2][3][4][5]
- The treatment of a small London street as a coherent art work within itself, involving the refurbishment of the neglected gardens and public space, based on a recycling ethos.[6]
- Various carving commissions.[7]
Awards[edit]
- 2000, Millennium Award for Community-based Artwork
Patrons[edit]
Patrons include:
- Bill Nighy
- Russell Brand
- Jimmy Mulville
- Alan Fox
- Philip Barry
References[edit]
- ^ The Owls Inside Steven Rose. "The Owls Inside", 2009
- ^ "Andy and Robin carving Owl Bench, Gladstone Park, June 2003". 8 June 2013.
- ^ Times Chronicle Series. 'Wood you believe it! Tree sculpture moved to kids' play area', Times Chronicle Series, August 27th 2003
- ^ Times Series. 'Children had a whale of a time!', Times Series, May 11th 2005
- ^ Andria Greaves. 'Artists tree break', Times Series, August 27th 2003
- ^ Times Chronicle Series 'Council 'wrecks art project'', Times Series, August 25th 2004
- ^ "Carving". 16 September 2012.