Tag archives for Jake Bowers
Keeping the Wheels Rolling
ROD WEBB talks to Mat McDonnell about how Bike Lab became The Bike Project and what this means. Anna SabinSketch for outside mural One of the first positive things I…
Artist Spotlight: Jake Bowers
Kizzy – 2022 Forged Steel Dave Young The artwork depicts Kizzy Lovell, the central character in Rumer Godden’s 1972 novel, The Diddakoi – described by sculptor Jake Bowers, “as defiant…
Exploring The Diddakoi
The 2022 A Town Explores A Book festival centres around Rumer Godden’s The Diddakoi on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Festival director, Gail Borrow outlines what’s in store. A…
The Last Gypsy blacksmith The end of an era?
The symbol for the Sussex Weald is an anvil. Many of our woods survive because they were used to create charcoal for blacksmithing, an ancient craft that lives on in…