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Well. That was quite a launch! Burton’s Bollards officially hit the streets this month, with 20 wonderfully weird, colourful and completely unique bollard covers popping up around Burton town centre. The project has been months in the making, bringing together some incredibly talented local crafters to transform the humble bollard into everything from fairies and flowers to local characters, creatures and, of course, one rather magnificent giant purple dragon. The idea was always to create...

Some projects just tick every box. Art? Tick. Coffee? Tick. Spending the day creating something alongside a wonderful group of people? Big tick. To help celebrate 125 years of the Nestlé factory in Tutbury, we were invited along to run a community art workshop with a group of local pensioners. Armed with a giant coffee jar artwork, we set about creating something that celebrated the factory and its history. Nestlé supplied what can only be described as a mountain of coffee beans, both roasted...

It's officially that time of year again. Despite the glorious summer sunshine outside, we're already hard at work making Christmas. This year's festive residents are Gary and Gertrude, two giant Gonks who are currently taking over the studio. We created Gary last year, and this year he has a friend <3 Like all of our sculptures, they start life right here in our Midlands workshop. Every mould, every casting and every finishing touch is completed by our team before they're ready to head off on...