In 2006 I was commissioned to create an artwork for a new housing
development in Ponteland Northumbria.
The site was the old
lairage the place where sheep and cattle were rested after
travelling to market and before their sale.
The new building
site was separated from the (still functioning) abattoir by
a high brick wall. I thought it appropriate that the new residents
of the site were reminded of the older ones. I was also very
interested to explore how viewers would respond to life size
cows and sheep in printed blue on porcelain – we are
used to them being miniaturized and domestic in scale featuring
on our printed tableware….
