Jeremy Turner

The Gateway to Our Magic Garden

Timber framed gateway carrying cut-out plywood shapes designed and made by 125 children at Brooksward School, Neath Hill, Milton Keynes.
Installed May 2010

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200cm x 350cm x 95cm

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The Life Cycle of Butterflies

Made with 240 children of Howe Park First School, Milton Keynes. They designed templates for the plywood shapes, carved surface designs on them and painted them all. I then constructed the frames for the 4 phases of the Life Cycle and attached all the shapes to them.

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The Sacred Heart Wall Frieze

Made with Year 2 children at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Luton.
The children made drawings of items and subjects they wanted to include, made card templates, carved designs on the resulting plywood shapes, and planned the colour scheme for all the shapes. I then assembled the shapes onto supporting frameworks and fitted them all to the front wall of the school.

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The Varndean Benches

This is one of two benches made with Year 9 students of Varndean School, Brighton, during a four day wood carving residency at the school. Made with old pine construction timber supplied by the Brighton&Hove Wood Recycling Centre. The students learned a lot about carving and worked very hard to achieve results in a very short time. Afterwards, I took all the pieces back to my workshop to complete the carving and assembly work before installation day, 27 July 2009.
This was the first time I had tried out this design, in which I aimed to provide maximum scope for carving combined with simple, robust construction.

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The Varndean Benches

The second of two benches made with Year 9 Students at Varndean School, Brighton. Installed 27 July 2009.
Similar work can be commissioned from me in oak or pine.

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The Old Basing Tree of Life

Another view of the Tree sited in the "Outdoor Classroom" in the school grounds.

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210cm x 160cm x 160cm

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The Old basing Tree of Life

I made this with 160 children of Old Basing Infants School, Basingstoke. The children designed the templates from which the plywood shapes were made. Then, after I cut them out, the children carved incised designs onto them with V.tools. They then had a go at smoothing the edges with files and sanding them with abrasive paper to prepare them for painting. The 'tree' was built from oak and assembled and installed on site after construction in my workshop.

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210cm x 160cm x 160cm

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The Longwick Tree of Life

Made with children of Longwick C of E Combined School, Longwick, near Thame. They designed the templates from which the plywood shapes were made, I cut them out, then the children carved surface designs on the plywood and painted all the shapes. I attached these to the 'tree' which I built in my workshop before installing the sculpture in the school grounds.

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210cm x 160cm x 160cm

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The West Kidlington Story Tree

Installed 20/9/2010
The product of a Creative Partnership project with children at West Kidlington Primary School, Kidlington, Oxon. I built the "Tree" to carry the plywood shapes which were designed, carved, and painted [mostly] by the children. The aim of the project was to stimulate the children's speaking and writing abilities. The shapes can be changed around to tell a different story.

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200cm x 130cm x 130cm

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The West Kidlington Story Tree

Another view of the Story Tree

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200cm x 130cm x 130cm

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The West Kidlington Story Tree

A view of the Story Tree as seen by a small child

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200cm x 130cm x 130cm

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The Catherine Story Tree

The children of Catherine Junior School, Leicester collaborated with the Kibworth Primary School children on this Story Tree Project so they get a Tree as well for their school. This one is on a stand for mobility.

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The Kibworth Story Tree

Made with children at Kibworth CE Primary School, Kibworth, Leicestershire June 2010. The shapes fit in the slots on the 'Tree' branches and can be easily changed around to create different stories.

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Hedgerow Post

One of three Hedgerow Posts made with Yr 4 children at West Kidlington Primary School, Summer Term 2010, installed 29 November 2010.

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180cm x 120cm x 10cm

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The Caldecott Story Posts - Odysseus and Cyclops

This photo shows the added carved plywood story tablets made by the children.

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180cm(h)

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The Caldecott Story Posts - Odysseus and Cylops

The five posts accommodate, on inserted pegs, sets of plywood tablets designed and carved by children at Caldecott Primary School, Abingdon during a Creative Partnership project, January/February 2011. The carving on the posts reflects the story of Odysseus and his men getting shipwrecked, captured by the giant Cylcops and then escaping from the island.

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180cm(h)

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Cyclops

"Cyclops" : post number three of the Five Story Posts, Caldecott Primary School, Abingdon. A Creative Partnership Project

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180cm(h)

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Selection of children's carved plywood tablets

Made by Yr 3/4 children at Caldecott Primary School, Abingdon. Each child made a drawing of a part of the story and cut out a card template which was used to design the shape and surface carving of the plywood tablet. After the carving, they added primer and paint.

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30cm x 21cm x 1.2cm

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Storm and Shipwreck

Example of carved story table made by Yr 3/4 children for the Odysseus and Cyclops story post project

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21cm x 30cm x 1.2cm

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On the Island

Another example of the carved story tablets made by Yr 3/4 children on the Odysseus and Cyclops project.

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21cm x 30cm x 1.2cm

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The Gateway Snake

The vehicle for all the cut-out plywood shapes designed, carved and painted by Yr 5/6 children at Caldecott Primary School, Abingdon.

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The GatewaY Snake

Another view of the Gateway Snake for the"Cage". Caldecott Primary School, Abingdon.

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The Gateway Snake

Detail showing some of the shapes in close-up.

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