STANFORD IN THE VALE ART PROJECT May 2019 Public Art Project – Community Consultation Opportunity Following some building development in the village (Section 106) there are some Public Art works in the consultation and development stages and the local residents of Stanford In The Vale have an opportunity to be involved. Initial design ideas are being worked on for new planters for the main entrance roads into the village – The High Street, Cottage Road etc. Some of these will replace the existing wooden ones but it is hoped there will be a few new ones! The longer term goal is that these will be the start of an arts trail that will creatively explore and bring together some of the events and features that have shaped the village over the years. I am the artist who will be seen in and around the village putting together ideas! I have already spent a number of days in a hi-viz jacket wandering around measuring signs and exploring the village researching the loca

Melissa Cole - Artist blacksmith with over 25 years experience based in the Pewsey Vale near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Making hand made contemporary designed ironwork for the home and garden from forged steel and wrought iron. . Commissions taken for bespoke gates, railings and public and private sculptures. Private tutor running blacksmithing and sculptural metalwork courses from her forge in Wiltshire. https://linktr.ee/melissacole001