VINEBURGH TIME CAPSULE & PAVEMENT INLAYS

Overview
Vineburgh is a residential area in the heart of Irvine and is currently undergoing an extensive programme of regeneration. This new development has provided 81 new homes for Vineburgh residents. Impact Arts ran a series of workshops in the local area, consulting with the community getting ideas for artworks for their environment. The idea of a time capsule emerged during those workshops.

Impact Arts asked Julia to make some tiles with children from the area for the front of the planter where the time capsule is buried. The children made tiles around the theme of 'old and new', for example, an old gramophone and a new ipod.

Julia made porcelain monoblocks with inlaid drawings, taking ideas suggested by local residents at consultation sessions, relating to Vineburgh and residents chose their favourites which were installed outside their new houses.

Facts
ARTIST                                                   

Julia Smith

GROUPS INVOLVED                            Woodlands Primary, John Galt Primary and St. Mark's Primary School (Irvine)

COMMISSIONER                                  Cunninghame Housing Association & Impact Arts

YEAR OF INSTALLATION                     2010

MATERIALS                                           Porcelain pavers with inlaid coloured porcelain set in to pavements, handmade stoneware tiles by pupils on planter

DIMENSIONS OF ARTWORK              Planter tiles: 7m x 160mmPorcelain pavers: 200 x 100 x 70mm

LOCATION                                            Old Caley Road, Vineburgh, Irvine

CONTACT                                              Nat McFadyen, Impact Arts, The Factory, 319 Craigpark Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow G31 2TB Phone: 0141 575 3001