A Lamp for Gas Hall.
lamp made for an exhibition at Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, pre- 2002. The Handsworth Artist, Roy Douglas, is working on the piece with a curator from South Africa.
A lamp for Gas Hall.
lamp made for an exhibition at Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, pre- 2002. The Handsworth Artist, Roy Douglas, is working on the piece with a curator from South Africa.
A lamp for Gas Hall.
lamp made for an exhibition at Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, pre- 2002. The Handsworth Artist, Roy Douglas, is working on the piece with a curator from South Africa.
Belgians In Birmingham by Chris Upton
In the autumn of 1914, when thousands of British soldiers were learning a little French and setting off for Flanders, the Belgians were heading in the opposite direction. Unlike the many nations that ...
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
One of the exhibits in Birmingham Art Gallery, from an early 20th-century postcard. This bronze statue of a praying boy is an example of the Victorian confidence in the educational value of casts - the ...
Delivering the statue
Des Berry the sculptor with the statue of Christ on it's way to being installed at Balsall Heath Church Centre on the corner of Edward Road Mary Street in 1980
Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck
This statue of Sir Claude Auchinleck was commissioned and paid for by the Murrayfield Real Estate Company Ltd., the developers of Five Ways Shopping Centre. It is believed that Auchinleck sat for a bust, ...
Forward - by Raymond Mason
"Forward" was unveiled in June 1991 in the centre of Centenary Square.
Cast in polyester resin, it represented the march of Birmingham from its smokey industrial past into the future. The figures marching ...
Knocking Off Statues by Chris Upton
At a time of universally grim news the re-appearance of Hebe came as a little light relief last week. Hebe, you may or may not remember, is the name of the bronze statue that used to grace the central ...
Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds, Spiritualist/Artist
"Born 1911 in Bynloss, Jamaica. Performed first spiritual healing age 12, converted to Christian Revivalist faith at 16 yrs old, continued to conduct services as Zion Revivalist. He was arrested twice ...
Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds, Spiritualist/Artist
"Born 1911, Bynloss, Jamaica. Kapo performed his first spiritual healing age 12, he converted to the Christian Revivalist faith at 16 years old, andcontinued to preach and conduct services of Zionist ...
Mrs Eliot
A wooden carved sculpture, part of a husband and wife piece by the Handsworth artist, Roy Douglas.
Roy Douglas and his art
Roy Douglas, Handsworth artist and sculptor is seen here on the doorstep of his home where he created his work. Almost every piece of his art has a use, sculptures will open at the back to reveal small ...
Roy Douglas and the "Lawman"
Roy Douglas Handsworth sculptor began sculpting when he was at home recovering from an illness and a friend brought him a coconut. Coming from a background where a use had to be found for everything, ...
Roy Douglas with his 'family and friends'.
Roy Douglas, a self taught artist and sculptor lives in Handsworth. Roy was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1959.The works he creates often use coconut shells, as well as wood, creating figures, ...
Self portrait by Roy Douglas.
This is one of a number of self portraits by the Handsworth based artist, Roy Douglas. The figure holds a machette - the type used in the bushes and farms in Jamaica, to cut a way through the growth.
St John's Church
One of the bosses on the side of the main entrance to the church. Despite weathering visible to the forehead this is still a fine and imposing piece of sculpture.