Coralie Turpin

      A sculpture I made for a school using stainless steel and french porcelain mosaic.
      A commission for the botanical gardens pavilion in Sheffield.
Knight House Mosaic       This 20m2 mosaic commissioned for a new 13 storey building in Sheffield took me about 6 weeks of long days to make. I loved working with the pastel colours which are an expanded palette of the suffragette colours. Working with Professor Julie Gottlieb from Sheffield University to create the timeline etched in brass and applied to the there dimensional oak inserts was a joy and it was fascinating finding out a bit more about the origins of the women's movement in the UK.
The shapes and layers in the piece are influenced by geological features mainly sedimentary layers representing time and a build up of feeling in the movement.
I hand cut every piece to fit myself to create this unique pattern.
Knight House Mosaic       This 20m2 mosaic commissioned for a new 13 storey building in Sheffield took me about 6 weeks of long days to make. I loved working with the pastel colours which are an expanded palette of the suffragette colours. Working with Professor Julie Gottlieb from Sheffield University to create the timeline etched in brass and applied to the there dimensional oak inserts was a joy and it was fascinating finding out a bit more about the origins of the women's movement in the UK.
The shapes and layers in the piece are influenced by geological features mainly sedimentary layers representing time and a build up of feeling in the movement.
I hand cut every piece to fit myself to create this unique pattern.
      Commissioned by Sheffield NHS Trust for a year long project making mosaics with patients in the spinal injuries department and staff.
Rebuilding life after a major life change can be tricky, slowly your colours come back one by one. 27 triangular boxes were made with patients. I was lead artist working with two other artists Seiko Kinoshita and Jason Thomson.