About Bruce Williams
The aim of the project is to integrate visual arts and crafts into the architecture and grounds of the new primary school building, thereby enhancing the environment and raising the aspiration of pupils, staff and others working in, and visiting, the school.
Bruce works primarily in the public realm, creating works of art in response to commissions tendered by local government, public art agencies and private developers. His career has been marked by high-profile projects, both permanent and temporary and usually on a grand scale. Bruce's largest single image to date is Water Wings, a dramatic eight by four metre image for Blackpool sea front. The work explores imagery beyond the figure and incorporates a unique, specially designed lighting system.
Since 2005 he has been consultant artist for the North Swindon Schools development, designing integral digital glass works for the atriums and school halls of seven schools. Four layered sculptures were installed in early 2008.
In the course of making public art works over the last twenty years he has always tried to make work which is centred on the people and the places they are designed for.
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“I had imagined that I would be making one large artwork for the school but in fact, the project has grown and developed in unexpected ways. This growth has come from a formal and informal exchange with teachers, pupils, the architects, material specialists and park rangers. Some ideas have fallen by the wayside but others are flourishing through our collaborative endeavour.”
Bruce Williams
“We have been thoroughly enjoying our dialogue with the artist and believe that his input will add a layer of richness to the scheme. For example, we are eagerly anticipating the effect of the artist's proposed leaf design to the underside of the skylights within the corridor to the classroom block that will transform this circulation space in terms of daylight and shadowing.”
Michael Florides, bhp architects
