AMANDA RANDALL – sculptor

Living and working in Coventry and London,  United Kingdom

Websites:  https://natureontheline.co.uk/             amandarandalldesign.co.uk     

 Instagram:  @amandarandallsculpture

	I create abstract stone sculptures inspired by plants.  I am a passionate advocate for the therapeutic power of touch and the act of making as communication and self-expression.  My mission is to protect biodiversity and help to build creative, compassionate communities through the power of making.
	Awards, Residencies and Public Art Commissions
2021, 2020	Guest artist – stone carving festival.  Burngate Stone Carving Centre, Langton Matravers, Dorset
2020/21	‘Nature on the Line.’ Sculptures and drawings responding to ecosystems in Warwickshire damaged by HS2, presented online via an interactive map. For Arts Council England / Coventry City of Culture
2021	Mosaic Tiles for pocket park. Work with primary school children for Orbit Housing, Coventry
2020 – 2021	The Story of Water’ residency in Special Schools, for Coventry City of Culture and the Thames Festival Trust.
2020	Coventry Artspace Studios online shop pilot project – brooch commission
2020	Arts Council Covid 19 Emergency support grant
2020	a-n artists bursary professional development award – training in Dutch Raising with Adrian Hope.
2016	‘Time Creation. ’ Honeywood Museum, London Borough of Sutton. Temporary sculptural installations responding to the historic building and themes of time and change. For Sutton Council.
2015	‘Mapping Sutton,’ large scale illuminated map for Sutton Life Centre. For Sutton Council.
2002	‘Five a Day,’ permanent public sculptures, Crawley. For Asda supermarkets and Crawley Borough Council.
2001	Permanent entrance feature with a maritime theme. Stainless steel. Beachfields Park, Sheerness, Kent. For Groundwork Medway Swale.
2000	‘Cone shaped,’ residency, making sculpture from traffic cones at Greenham Trading Ltd, Rochester Kent. For ‘The Year of the Artist.’
1999/2000.	Garden and paving design, seats, sculptures and railings for Cranbury Square, Southampton. For Southampton City Council. Winner of a Civic Trust Award.
2000	‘Pride of Place.’ Sculptural seat and carvings celebrating local distinctiveness for the villages of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods,  Kent.
1999	Upnor Castle, Kent – year long residency and site specific exhibition for South East Arts and Medway Council.
1995	Access features, sculptural seating and viewpoint artwork for the visually handicapped. All ability access trail, Forest Fawr, South Wales. For Forest Enterprise and the Fieldfare Trust.
	Group exhibitions and fairs (examples):
2021	‘Remember the Future.’ Orleans House Gallery, London
2021	Celebrating Silver. De Montfort University, Leicester. With Contemporary British Silversmiths
2020	Cancelled: European Silversmiths’ forum exhibition and national silver day, Schoonhoven, Holland
2020	‘Art Unlocked’ Orleans House Gallery , London.
2019	Atrium display,Goldsmiths’ Centre, London
2019	‘Elements’ festival of jewellery, silver and gold.  Edinburgh
2019	‘Renewal’ – European Silversmith’s Forum exhibition, Dock St Studios, Dundee
2018 & 19	Richmond art house open studios
2017	‘The Extraordinary life of John Oliver’ – Conquest House, Canterbury
2014	Autumn Art Fair – The Landmark Arts centre, Teddington.
2011	‘Made at Kew Bridge.’ Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Brentford. London.
	Community Arts and Education Projects
1988 – 2020	As part of ‘Nature on the Line,’ I taught stone carving to adults suffering from isolation or mental health challenges in Coventry and Warwickshire.  I have a wide experience of residencies and workshops involving children and adults from many backgrounds. Groups I have co-ordinated include adult education students and staff, young people, prison inmates, countryside rangers, conservation volunteers, visually handicapped adults, school groups, Sikh and Afro-Carribean residents groups, and people with learning difficulties. I have also worked with  theatre and dance groups on stage sets, props and costumes, and provided INSET days for teachers. Past clients have included Forest Enterprise, Kent County Council, the Fieldfare Trust, London Borough of Sutton, Mole valley Arts, Arts in Medway, Medway Council, Southampton City Council, Easington District Council, The Prison Service, the Workers’ Education Association and the National Trust.