Skainos » public art http://www.skainos.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Vitreous Enamel Panels Complete http://www.skainos.org/2012/02/10/vitreous-enamel-panels-complete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vitreous-enamel-panels-complete http://www.skainos.org/2012/02/10/vitreous-enamel-panels-complete/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:13 +0000 admin http://www.skainos.org/?p=1098 All involved in Skainos are very excited to hear that all the forty-two, 4m high … →

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All involved in Skainos are very excited to hear that all the forty-two, 4m high vitreous enamel panels have been completed and are en route from the factory on the Isle of Wight. Scheduled to arrive on 20 February, they will be erected very soon afterwards giving the front elevation the finished look.

Each panel has been hand-painted by local artist Jonny McEwan and individually and together are intended to provide a variety of perspectives on a Belfast sky. So far as any of us is aware the process is a true innovation and will form a unique facade to our building making it a new art installation for the city.

We’ve uploaded some photographs of Jonny at work which you can access by following the link to our photo gallery on the home page.

A glance at these photos will show clearly the immense challenge Jonny faced in the project. Because he was essentially ‘painting’ with powdered glass the colours were blind until the firing process was complete. With the samples we’ve received and the evidence of these photos I hope you can see why we’re excited at how our building will look.

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