Philip Bews Diane Gorvin


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Fire Sculptures and two Wood Structures made for public
and private events throughout England 1990 - 2012



Some images we took were slides, so its taking some time to scan and
clean them up. Gradually a slide show of images for each fire sculpture
will be available by clicking on each photo here. Currently there is a
short slide show for the Elephant.


Birchwood Forest Park



Taurus Crafts



1990
Viking Boat
Royden Park, Wirral

Phil



1990
Ship 'Spike'
Spike Island, Widnes

Phil assisted by Council Workers



1991
St George on his Horse + the Dragon - separate fire sculpture. New Forms in Willow, Ness Gardens, Wirral

Phil assisted by Diane and students



1991
Dragon + St George -
separate fire sculpture. New Forms in Willow, Ness Gardens, Wirral

Phil assisted by Diane and students



1991
Viking Boat
Maldon Millennium

Phil assisted by his father Bill Bews



1991
Castle
Runcorn Town Hall Park

Phil assisted by Council Workers



1993
Dragon (Dance Lines)
Reddish Vale Visitor Centre

Phil assisted by George Thompson and Ranger John Courtman

Judy Bird - Director of Dragon Dance Lines



1993
Dinosaur
Runcorn Town Hall Park

Phil assisted by Council Workers



1994
Galleon
Spike Island, Widness

Phil assisted by Council Workers



1996
Leaping Fish
North West Water
Rivington Experience

Phil assisted by Diane



1996
Lambton Worm and the Penshaw Monument
Durham - to mark the end of Visual Arts Year North East

Phil and Diane assisted by the Contract Services Department of Durham Council Council



1997
Peacock
Tricia Kerr’s 50th, Braithwaite, Cumbria

Phil and Diane



1997
Circus
The Meend, Coalway,
Forest of Dean

Phil and Diane with Roger Dury Neil Walker and Jo Leahy



1998
Phoenix
Garden Cafe, Lydbrook
Forest Open Studios

Phil assisted by Forest Artists



1999
Phoenix
The Meend, Coalway
New Year’s Eve to celebrate
the Millennium

Phil



2000
Phoenix
Gloucester Park Festival

Phil assisted by Diane and Maxwell Harrison



2000
Deer
The Meend, Coalway
Forest of Dean

Phil



2001
Phoenix
Private Client, Harthill Group, Bath

Phil assisted by Harthill clients



2004
Dragon
Private Client Harthill Group
Hewelsfield

Phil assisted by Harthill clients

Photo: David Rooke



2007
Elephant
Private Client, Newby Hall Ripon, to celebrate various family landmarks

Phil and Diane assisted by Peter Covington-Jones, Enid Jessop and young members of the Compton family

Some Photos: Enid Jessop



2008
Birds
Private Client, Harthill, Hewelsfield, 50th birthday

Phil assisted by clients



2011
HOOF fire sculpture - Big Ben
Speech House, Forest of Dean
Campain to Save Our Forest from Government plans to sell

Phil assisted by Dave Morris, Dave Wright and Sue Wright. Clock Faces painted by Tom Cousins



2012
Coalway Crow
Coalway Frost Fair
The last fire and in our village!

Phil assisted by Peter Covington- Jones, Dave Morris, Sue Wright, Juins Haffenden and Tash Hill



1994
Tower of the Winds
Manticore Follies -Dunham Massey, Altrincham.Temporary Wood Structure
for a Public Event, Built like the fires.

Phil and Diane assisted by George Thompson



1997
Father Thames
Coin Street Festival, Oxo Tower, London. Temporary Wood Structure for a Public Event, Commissioned by Sustrans. Built like the fire sculptures.

Philip and Diane assisted by Tom Woollard,Graham Harrison, and Lydia Moran