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

Original
200cm x 350cm x 95cm

POA

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.

Original
Wood

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.

Original

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.

Original

POA

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.

Original

POA

The Old Basing Tree of Life

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

Original
Wood
210cm x 160cm x 160cm

POA

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.

Original
210cm x 160cm x 160cm

POA

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.

Original
Wood
210cm x 160cm x 160cm

POA