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Twelve Islands Project

Hello, Over the course of 2014 I was busy re-designing the Mariners Way sculpture for the longevity of the outdoors which you can read about here. Whilst this was occurring I was also part of a team that designed and constructed The Observatory buildings which was to house artist for two-month residency’s for the next two years moving to a different ...

The Observatory buildings completed

Hello. Here are some links with a feast of images and descriptive information discussing the competition myself, Charlotte Knight, Mina Gospavic, Ross Galtress & Lauren Shevills won in April 2014. This project was led by SPUD, based in Winchester. Enjoy! A BBC article – click here for article FCBS Studios – click here for article Ideasgn – ...

A Voyage of Transformation for Mariners Way Sculpture

A new sculpture, ‘Mariners Way II’ made of contemporary materials in the form of a knotted rope sphere is now on display at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus. Created by Devon-based artist Edward Crumpton, the sculpture is a memorial to an ancient walk across Devon, the Mariners’ Way. It echoes an earlier spherical sculpture on Campus made by Crumpton ...

The Observatory Rope Screen Video

The creation of the rope screen for the observatory project by artist Edward Crumpton from Edward Crumpton on Vimeo. In 2014 Edward Crumpton was the winner of THE OBSERVATORY prize organised by SPUD. Edward is part of the prize winning team that included architects Charlotte Knight, Mina Gospavic, Lauren Shevills and Ross Galtress to design and create a ...

The Observatory Project close to completion

Hello, Over the course of the six months a lot of design and development has taken place on The Observatory project and with only a few weeks to go until the launch I thought I’d give you a sneak preview of the building and rope screen. The Observatory II – taken 17th December 2014 In the photo you can see two observatories, one of which will be for ...

The Observatory

Competition Winner Announced! After much deliberation and careful consideration by a highly experienced panel of judges, a design developed by of team of five young graduates in architecture and art was chosen. Four members of the team are all part of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios in London, with the fifth member being Devon based artist Edward Crumpton.    The ...

Edward Crumpton : Negative Space, A Drawing Workshop

Date: Wednesday, 12th March 2014 Start time:  2pm End time:  4pm A FREE workshop run by Swimbridge based artist, Edward Crumpton is being held at White Moose gallery, which will look at the techniques of negative space drawing. This approach is used to prevent the logical mind from assigning a symbol to the object being drawn, focusing on observing what is ...