What's Happening in Milton Keynes, England…

Festive Road, an outdoor arts business, has put together a new sculpture within Milton Keynes.

The public art in question is located near the entry of the Amey Waste Recovery Centre. Postcard printing from Milton Keynes can be used to market the dynamic region. Amey commissioned the artwork while producing an innovative waste management facility for the area.

The Amey project aspires to reduce the amount of local waste which ends up in landfill. The initiative targets household rubbish which has been collected in black bins. The sculpture drew on the appropriate concept of transforming materials that are sometimes discarded without much thought.

Festive Road took up the challenge. Children from the Radcliffe School in Wolverton assisted in the planning and design stages of making the sculpture. The Radcliffe School is a comprehensive institution which aims to inspire its pupils to achieve a lot. Nabil Chaaban is the headteacher at the school and Michelle Neave-Percy is Head of Art, while Gary Spriggs is the Head of Design Technology.

The outcome of the team effort is a sweeping arch. Cubes of material form the basis of the sculpture. Garden tools, the drums from washing machines and old spanners can be seen by visitors who view the finished work. The creation is topped by a bicycle which at first appears to be balanced in a precarious way.