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Billy

This bear has raised £98.00

1385 visits

The Bear

Natalie Finnemore’s design for Billy draws together a collection of cut-outs, sketches and texts from her own sketchbook. Her drawings are often reconstructed into large-scale sculptures, shifting between the flat and sculptural, and this is reflected in her design for the Bear.

Billy displays nuances from existing structures around the city that go unnoticed including paintings of a hanging cable, a stack of cement bags, graffiti and a broken fence. Finnemore has chosen to use the ‘throw away’ sections from her image archive in the design of her Bear.

 
Location
Meadowhall, Orange Car Park
The Artist
Natalie Finnemore
Natalie Finnemore is a contemporary artist based in Sheffield. Her work encompasses drawing, printmaking and sculpture. A trend for play or interaction from the audience has continued through her sculpture works. Her practice draws influence from how design can change the user's behaviour and simultaneously explores the expectations of minimalist sculpture. Finnemore has explored these concerns working in furniture design, designing home wares, delivering educational sculpture projects and window displays.
The Sponsor
Our Cow Molly
Our Cow Molly is located in a small village called Dungworth in Sheffield which is just outside the Peak District and is classified as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Visitors can come to the farm for ice cream in their ice cream parlour or to purchase products from their farm shop. After supporting the Herd of Sheffield in 2016, Our Cow Molly are excited to be supporting the Bears of Sheffield this summer! The Our Cow Molly ice cream parlour is open 11am-5pm, make sure you pick up the Bears of Sheffield ice cream on your visit! If you wish to visit outside of these times please note visiting is only available during the hours of 8am-8pm.