Wall Two

Our Stomping Grounds Festival

Surprising Stomping Grounds
Community Collages

Our Stomping Grounds are all around us – places we are familiar with and which we sometimes take for granted. We sometimes forget to look closely to spot the magic, the surprising and let them inspire our imaginations.

We held community participation workshops as part of this project and in one of the visual arts ones we decided to take familiar places and fill them with surprises. Artists and creative people see things that not everyone does and then share them. Full Circle had great fun working with residents from some of our local residential homes, the resulting collages from which, we hope will make you smile.

Collage
Madhukant, Longlast
2022

Collage
Derek, Longlast
2022

The original image is of the Victoria Bridge in Stockton, a metal bridge painted in blue and cream. There is a very wide shot of the River Tees. The artist has added the following collage details to the lower part of the image. A large exotic green tree has been added to the riverbank. There are two large fish in the river – one is a huge goldfish and the other is a grey and orange striped diamond shaped fish. A zebra is on the wooden jetty looking at another goldfish, whilst a larger fish is on the jetty above them. A green parrot flies away.

Collage
Lesleyanne Carling
2022

The original image is of the fountains in Stockton Town Centre – they are lit up in blue and pink. It is evening time and a crescent moon is in the sky creating silhouettes if the town hall and it’s clock tower and a row of shops on the high street. The artist has decided to line the border of the image with collage details and not put any directly onto the original image, although there are a couple of overlaps. A giant pineapple dominates the right of the image and echoes the curve of the fountain flagstones. Following the border around there is a bulldog, a tiger, a large planet, a yellow New York taxi, a couple of pears on a branch overlap in the bottom left corner. There is then an illustration of a tin robot, a strange birdlike creature with a funnel on it’s head, a dolls house, a red and blue butterly, a small vintage American bus and a large vintage American bus. A greyhound bus full of people brings us back to the pineapple.

Collage
Angela, Longlast
2022

Collage
Devon, Longlast
2022

The original image is of the fountains in Stockton Town Centre – they are lit up in blue and pink. It is evening time and an obscured crescent moon is in the sky creating silhouettes of a row of shops on the high street. A giant goldfish with black marking sweeps into the image with it’s mouth open as if it is going to swallow up a smaller yellow speckled fish. Where the moon would be is a giant upside down cabbage and in the top left corner is a cantaloupe melon cut in half to reveal a golden circle and seeds. In the bottom left corner is a green fir tree in which a large green frog is perching. To the left of the fir tree is a large orange pumpkin and to the right a giant caterpillar is on a giant pear. To the bottom right corner an elephant leads a giraffe into the image.

Collage
Patrick Gill
2022

Collage
Alyson Groat
2022

The original image is of the blue and red bandstand at Ropner park is raised slightly with three or four steps to get up to it. There is lots of greenery behind and a large blue sky. The artist has added the following collage elements. There is a large planet in the blue sky, covered in craters and lakes. At the foot of the bandstand in the foreground are several dogs – two boxers dogs – one is standing proudly looking a bit grumpy and the other is looking at a friendly old spaniel who is jumping. There is a collie dog watching on from the right of the picture.

Collage
Michelle Dick
2022

The original image is a semi panoramic shot of the fountains and seating area in Stockton Town Centre. A curved border of shops line the area and lots of people are seated. The artist has added the following details to the collage. A vintage image of a man in a black swimming suit shows him swimming towards the fountains. Behind him is a large fruit tree. A vintage sports racing car enters the picture at the right hand border. On a patch of grass in the bottom right of the collage a dalmatian inspects the grass while a huge ginger cat rolls around having fun. A vintage motorised pedal bike has been placed where some of the people are sitting.

Collage
Adele Hudson
2022

The original image is of Stockton Town Hall which is a Square red brick building, with a sandstone base and a clock tower and thin white steeple on the roof. It’s ten to one in the image. The artist has added ion the following to their collage. The vast blue sky is filled with a giant butterfly, three hot air balloons and planet earth is high in the sky. On the road stand two women in 1950s dress as a vintage red double decker bus approaches. There is also a vintage green jaguar car behind the bus. A playful white Yorkshire terrier is jumping in the square and a large black dog os seated with his head tilted to one side.

Collage
Patrick Gill
2022

The original image is of The Shambles on Stockton High Street which is a single story Georgian building with many large arched windows and features. The double door entrance is also an archway. The artist has added the following images into their collage. A large white planet is in the sky whilst a large back and brown spaniel stands on the roof of the Shambles. In the paved area in front of the Shambles is a small green tree to the right of which is a group of six astronauts in blue and silver spacesuits and helmets.

Collage
Peter Gibson
2022

The original image is of a large blue circular water fountain in Ropner park, Stockton On Tees. In the back ground is an autumnal woodland area. The artist has added the following collage details. In the bottom left firground is a serious looking Edwardian gentleman in a Hat, long coat, with one hand inside it. He is wearing a bow tie and carrying a walking cane. To the right of the image are two women, one is in a 1950s red dress and she looks surprised. Another woman is standing in her blue fluffy dressing gown. Into the trees, at the top right, the artist has placed three large heads of birds – a green parakeet, a red parrot and a tawny owl. At the top left they have placed three exotic colourful birds, birds one of which is in flight.

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