2. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com Inspirational …innovative metal products made in Wales The Tokyo Hipsters Club Bird, one meter wing span bronze sculpture. It stands above the entrance doorway into the new club, bar and gallery in Tokyo which opened in November 2005. Modelled in clay and cast using the lost wax method.

3. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker doorknockers photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com “Door knockers are architectural jewellery” Ann Catrin Evans

4. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker functional public art photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com “I wanted the design to resemble eddies of water rippling - a stirring of the deep, but the pattern also became like fingerprints symbolic of the identity of the people and the place.” Galeri Art Centre Gates, Caernarfon What do you think the inspiration for these gates were?

5. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker Candle holders photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com

6. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker functional public art photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com One of the gates intertwines to emulate the flickering of the flame. There is a historical gas works near by. Public pedestrian arches commissioned by Wolverhampton Borough Council What do you think the inspiration for these gates were?

7. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker Inspirational …innovative metal products made in Wales Wales Millennium Centre – door handles Inspired by the tools of different industries in Wales. Cast in aluminium for the auditorium oak doors. The Buildings’ front doors all have a larger handle design in bronze and also there are pushplates. The prototypes were made by hand using resin and steel, and then using rapid prototyping mirror images were made for matching pairs photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com

8. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker furniture + public art ceramic + tokens of love photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com

9. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker Bardic Crown Made in polished silver and riven slate. There is no soldered parts to the crown, it is assembled by : slotting, bending, pinning and crimping together. It’s springiness allows it to fit a range of head sizes comfortably. The design conveys: ‘Books’, to represent the Dwyfor Press ‘Slate’ to represent the host area of the 2005 eisteddfod –Eryri. photograph courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com

10. Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com Links - Caergybi Gafrod sculpture - Newborough Llangwm School Bell Theatre Arad Goch atrium sculpture Confluence, Porth, Rhondda Which sculpture do you prefer and why?

11. Task - a design a doorknocker that reflects one of the following : your cultural background designs form an organic inspiration source designs from geometric shapes Ann Catrin Evans – designer+maker Inspirational …innovative metal products made in Wales photographs courtesy www. anncatrinevans.com