Title: Continuity and Change Burwell Millennium Wall Panel Project

Date: 2001

Dimensions: 1m x 1m approx

Location: Burwell Village College, Burwell UK

Description: This ceramic wall panel has been designed as a focal point for the village. The design takes the form of a puzzle, a word and image search. It celebrates some of the key aspects of Burwell life, past and present. The more abstract symbols in the panel explore the physical and social evolution of the Burwell community. The finished design hopes to incorporate the aims and aspirations set out following initial research and consultation with different groups in the village. Some of the actual images created in the workshops have been incorporated into the overall design. The construction incorporates handmade Burwell clay tiles and digital transfer techniques, embracing both new and old technologies. It is hoped the panel will be a living tribute to life in Burwell, provoking enquiries, memories and thoughts amongst both local people and visitors.

Photographer: Zoë Chamberlain

Materials: Ceramic tiles including handmade Burwell clay tiles, Digital image transfer, Painted Steel.

Project details- Funded by: National Lottery Awards For All East Cambridgeshire District Council, Numerous local sponsors

Organised by: Burwell Village College (Primary) Zoë Chamberlain

Project Background: Commissioned by the Village College to generate ideas and develop a framework design for a wall-based panel celebrating life in Burwell at the turn of the millennium. The aim being to involve a variety of groups from the village in this process and in turn encourage ownership of the work outside of the school community. The project successfully involved a cross-section of the village population on a variety of levels including the creation of images for inclusion in the finished artwork. Archive information relating to the project is stored in the village Museum and Parish Council offices.