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BRILLIANT win – in the media

Richard Hornby

Following Richard and Alison’s BRILLIANT win, we received some coverage in the North East media.
 
Find links to the articles below:

Durham County Council website
The Northern Echo
Living North
Evening Chronicle
Durham Advertiser (right, click for a larger image)
Durham Times

 
If you’ve seen any other articles about our win, please let us know!
 
You can find Alison’s website and blog at www.entropyglassart.com – keep checking both of our websites for updates.
Update – 19 June 2015: Sunderland University Alumni magazine

Richard and Alison win “BRILLIANT” commission for Lumiere

Richard Hornby

Richard and Alison’s “BRILLIANT” commission is one of four artworks which have been commissioned by Artichoke for the Lumiere light festival 2015.
“BRILLIANT” is a competition where anyone based in, or originally from the North East of England can apply with an idea for a light work at Lumiere Durham.  A record number of applications (102) were received, and four winners were selected.
All the installations will be on show at the Lumiere fesitval in Durham, which this year takes place between 12th – 15th November 2015.
Richard Hornby and Alison Lowery
Richard and Alison met at t’ai chi classes and discovered they both had a mutual interest in science. Richard runs an Educational Consultancy business and is an enthusiastic amateur astronomer. Alison is a retired doctor who went on to study photography, video and digital imaging and glass at the University of Sunderland and runs a jewellery business from her home studio. Both have deep family roots in Durham and its mining heritage going back several generations.
Their winning idea is a work that explores the magic of refraction and the constituent parts of light that make up the rainbow, and is inspired by the UNESCO International Year of Light 2015.
The other winners are:
Louise McKenzie, a Newcastle based artist currently studying at BALTIC and Northumbria University.  Her winning idea draws on her recent research into the invisible world of cyanobacteria, and promises to reveal its unearthly beauty in a work that will appeal to scientists and non-scientists alike.
Victoria MacLeod, a retired teacher from Sunderland who plans to turn a well known hobby into an eye catching light installation.
Robyn Wright, born and raised in Darlington and currently studying at Cleveland College of Art and Design.  Robyn will re-invent a popular mode of transport using light, which fits perfectly with our brief to delight and surprise audiences.

Works on Millburngate Bridge, Durham

Richard Hornby

Work to help plan essential maintenance work on one of Durham’s busiest road bridges is taking place this month (May).
Durham County Council will be carrying out investigation works on Milburngate Bridge and drivers are being warned to expect traffic disruption.
The work will take place on Sunday 10 and Sunday 17 May between 7am and 7pm.
Lane closures will be in place on the bridge between 4am and 9pm on the two days the work will be carried out.
Two lanes will remain open, allowing traffic to flow in both directions during the works.
Temporary closures of the footpaths may also be needed but only one will close at any time.
As part of the investigations, specialist testing will be carried on the concrete bridge joints and a number of trial holes will be drilled.
A noise impact assessment has been carried out and noise reduction measures will be put in place to ensure disruption to businesses and residents is kept to a minimum.
Allow extra time for journeys
John Reed, head of technical services at Durham County Council, said: “These investigation works are an essential part of the major maintenance scheme, which will begin in the summer.
“The findings will help us to ensure the maintenance work is carried out in the most efficient way in order to minimise disruption.
“We appreciate that this will cause some inconvenience to people using the bridge and we would ask people to be patient and allow extra time for their journeys during the work.”
The maintenance work in the summer, which is expected to start on Sunday 12 July, will include improvements to drainage, parapets and surfacing, concrete repairs and replacement waterproofing.

Stockton Duathlon

Richard Hornby

As some of you know, Hannah and I are doing the Stockton Duathlon this weekend. Hannah is racing for a charity which helped out her grandma when she was very ill, and is racing in memory of her grandad.
As someone who has just lost their last grandparent this week, I know all too well just how big an impact grandparents have on our lives – even if we may not realise it at the time.
Hannah’s JustGiving page is linked below, and it would be really nice to give what you can – I’m not running a sponsorship campaign myself for this one, but will be making a small donation to Hannah’s 🙂
https://www.justgiving.com/Hannah-Wynn1/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_content=Hannah-Wynn1&utm_campaign=pfp-share
Please give generously.
Thank you – Richard