Blueprint

The Blueprint project is an exciting, innovative and collaborative approach to informing future public realm work in Ryde.

Ryde Arts are delighted to be working with Eleanor Goulding from Dorset based studio Denman and Gould. As part of the Blueprint project, Eleanor is leading a series of community workshops over the next few months that explore the colour, pattern and form integral to Ryde’s natural and built environment. The workshops are centred around experimentation and form part of a research and development phase that will highlight how the design and construction of future public realm work can draw from the town’s existing assets.

Denman and Gould

About Denman and Gould
Denman and Gould is a creative collaboration between artists Eleanor Goulding and Russell Denman. They specialise in public and community-based projects and have in-depth experience of delivering public art projects, working with many creative industries across the UK. Intrinsic to their work are exploring ideas of community and the connecting threads that knit people and places together, providing new perspectives on familiar surroundings, illuminating layers of meaning and stimulating feelings of recognition and belonging.

Denman and Gould have recently completed a major new art trail at Lydney Harbour, a nationally important Scheduled Ancient Monument on the Severn Estuary. They have worked with Historic England, The Environment Agency, Natural England and the Forest of Dean District Council to develop a landmark trail that reconnects the town to the harbour and the landscape of the Severn Estuary, echoing the links once heralded between trade and industry.

UNESCO Biosphere reserve status is about a happy relationship between the natural and human world. In the Blueprint project we are exploring what this means for the community in Ryde and how to reflect this in our public spaces to bring cultural distinctiveness and create a strong sense of place.

Denman and Gould.

Research and Development Workshops