by PRSC | Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | Art
The Bear Pit (aka the sunken pedestrian precinct in the centre of the St James Barton Roundabout) is not just ugly and neglected – it is contagious. Unloved, neglected and dismal it is infecting the buildings and the space around it. The shops on its south side,...
by PRSC | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 | Art
For most of the 1870s Godwin was designing high-end wallpaper for some of the country’s leading paper stainers and art furniture houses. Only a tiny fraction of Godwins’ work has survived as wallpaper, but over fifty completed designs can be found...
by PRSC | Tuesday, January 25, 2011 | Art
Stokes Croft is changing, visually, culturally and economically; compared to even to a couple of years ago there is now more street art, more artists and exhibitions, more businesses and punters. So far, the forces of anodyne commercial development have been kept at...
by PRSC | Thursday, January 20, 2011 | Art
While in later life Godwin was a creative polymath, the first twenty years of his career were focused on architecture and much of that work was done in Bristol. 1848 At the age of fifteen Godwin was articled to William Armstrong, City...
by PRSC | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Art
There is, as far as I can see, no online directory or compilation of Godwin’s many different works. Images and information are scattered across many sites, in various museum collections, private ownership and antiques galleries. Following the principle of “if you...
by PRSC | Monday, January 17, 2011 | Art
Stokes Croft is, as you will know from the sign in the central reservation at the southern end of the street, twinned with St Ives. I wonder whether Tite Street in Chelsea might be a better match? On first glance the connections may not be entirely obvious. Tite...
by PRSC | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | Art
For an urban location that is over two centuries old, it sometimes feels strange that transience is a defining characteristic of Stokes Croft. Partly, its a function of the traffic flows that constantly run through the place. The miles of double yellow lines ensure...
by PRSC | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Art
The New custom built PRSC Outdoor Gallery, which is lit at night. The PRSC yard will be wired properly in January. The walls will also be painted. The yard will become the operational base for works in and around Stokes Croft. For the first three months of next year,...
by PRSC | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Art
A sharp looking throw up on the practice wall in Ashley Road. There has been a clear increase in overt political expression, hardly surprising given the political climate. With looming cuts, failure of our Council to counterbalance the overwhelming power of the...
by PRSC | Friday, December 31, 2010 | Art
Stokes Croft China is now set up to decorate sanitary ware to order, using the historic lithographs it has in stock. The ware shown here is decorated with1960’s Wedgwood print. By the use of digital ceramic print, almost anything is possible. The print below was...
