Music in the Heart of Manchester: Painting a Guitar

We have been busy working on a few sculpture trails these past months, one of the trails we had the pleasure to work on is Music for the Senses, a fun interactive art trail around Manchester! The trial is live now until the 31st of August-so why not take a look if you're in the area.

The trail features 48 guitar artworks, 9 musician-donated guitars, 4 brand new murals, 2 show-stopping installations!

Our design called ‘Music in the Heart of Manchester’ is on display in Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road. Kindly sponsored by Manchester Airports Group. Celebrating all thing Manchester, our design features some of Manchester’s iconic architecture and places to visit.

To find out more about this wonderful trail visit: Music for the Senses.

Music in the Heart of Manchester

Sculpture Trails this summer!

We have been delighted to have taken part in a whole host of wonderful trails taking place this summer. Here’s just a few we have been involved in!

Curious Rat outside Hull Library

  • A MISCHIEF OF RATS from now until 30th August 2025, Across Hull and East Yorkshire. Our rat design called ‘Curious Rat’ features among other beautifully decorated sculptures around East Yorkshire.

  • Stomp Round Leicester From 14th July 2025, this trail sees a herd of elephants parade into the Leicester this summer.

  • Bulls in the City From the 16th of July until the 14th of September a whole herd of Bull sculptures Wii be parading around the city in this delightful public art trail!

  • Book Bench Trail, coming to Aberdeen, the north-east, Moray, Orkney and Shetland from July.

  • Lions at Large Taking place from 11th July to Sunday 14th September, the Lions will be stomping into Cheltenham and Gloucester.

  • GoGo Safari A whole host of animals will be appearing around Norfolk and Norwich this summer, We have been busy painting a rhino and elephant for this fun public art trail, taking place between 23 June to 30 August!

Stampede By the Sea

Delighted to share our elephant we painted for Stampede by the Sea Dorset trail!

A whole stampede of elephants have arrived in Bridport, West Bay, and Lyme Regis! See them until 27th May. So if in the area why not pop down and take a look. Stampede by the Sea is a public art trail organised by Wild in Art and raising funds for Weldmar Hospicecare. Over thirty large elephants and a host of baby elephants, make up this wonderful trail.

Our design called “Herbie” celebrates all things Dorset and exploring the outdoors. The design features some of Dorset’s much loved places including Lyme Regis Beach, Bridport market and harbour and West Bay. Paw-some pooches also feature on this fun design. Kindly sponsored by the lovely people at Dorwest.

To find out more about the trail visit: Stampede by the Sea

Light The South

Our lighthouse “Light of Green” will be making its way from the Isle of Wight, Cowes to the Southampton Boat show from the 13th of September and then to the auction on the 20th of September.

Our Lighthouse is all about the natural word and highlights the amazing the fresh produce to be found across the south, from the vines, honey and tomatoes of the Isle of Wight to the apple and pear orchards of the New Forest.

To find out more visit: https://lightthesouth.co.uk/

Painting two hares for the Short Tail Trail Luton

Earlier in the year we were busy painting two gorgeous hare sculptures for Luton’s Shot Tail Trail.

Our first hare is called Hop to Luton and is sponsored by Ethos Farm. This hoppy hare is all set to explore the town, with her camera, snacks and back-pack. The design features an array of Luton landmarks, including the famous Luton airport, the beautiful near by Wrest Park, the iconic town hall and the picturesque Wardown park.

Red Panda hare has deep red fluffy fur, white painted ears and a ringed tail. Red Pandas are an endangered species and this design highlights the importance of the conservation of our natural habitats and the importance of nature in all our lives Kindly chosen by VolkerFitzpatrick.

Hop to Luton hare painting in progress

Painting progress of Red Panda hare. Lots of wonderful animals feature on this design, from Tortoises to Cockatoos and even a tiger.

Shaun in the Heart of Kent Printable activity sheets

We have created this collection of fun and creative activity sheets which celebrate our 3 Shaun the Sheep designs in the Shaun in the Heart of Kent Trail this summer. This collection is filled with lots of inspiration on how to get creative and draw colourful motifs and illustrations, from farmyard animals to hot-air balloons and even a sheep on a scooter. With simple step by step instructions, you can create your very own collection of adorable characters inspired by our sculpture designs.

To print out these sheets, click on the image and then right click and save to downloads, then print out.

To find out more about the Shaun in the Heart of Kent trail visit: Shaun in the Heart of Kent

‘Best in Show’ printable activity sheet

‘Flock to Maidstone” Printable activity sheet

‘Raising the Baa” printable activity sheet

Shaun in the Heart of Kent

Delighted to share that we have painted 3 Shaun the Sheep sculptures for Shaun in the Heart of Kent! The sheep will be in Maidstone, Kent until the 30th of August.

Our first design Flock to Maidstone is inspired by Maidstone’s best-loved places to visit, such as Leeds Castle, Stoneacre and the River Medway. Apple orchards, hops and cherry blossoms also feature on this colourful sheep sculpture.

Our second design “Raising the Baa’ is all about getting active and enjoying being outdoors! It features lots of sheep playing different sports such as basketball, tennis and football.

The third design we painted is ‘Best in show” which is inspired by the rich and picturesque Kent countryside. It features some of Kents well known farmyard animals, foliage and countryside locations.

If you find our sheep in Maidstone be sure to tag us in @pipandrach

Find out more here: https://shaunheartofkent.co.uk/

Flock to Maidstone Shaun the Sheep Sculpture

Raising the Baa sculpture

Best in Show Shaun the sheep Sculpture

Artist Interview Elmer Trail artist

Just popping in to share this interview we did with Art Discount about painting and designing our Elmer sculpture for Elmer’s Big Parade Blackpool. You can check out our interview along with two other wonderful artists interviews by clicking on this link Art Discount or by visiting the Art Discount website.

Our Elmer standing proudly outside Sandcastle Water Park in Blackpool

Cambridge Standing Tall

We had the pleasure of painting a wonderful giraffe sculpture for Wild in Art’s Cambridge Standing Tall public sculpture trail.

Our giraffe design is inspired by Cambridge’s links to Science and the breakthrough discovery of how DNA carries genetic information. Our giraffe is covered in colourful stands of DNA and fun facts about this special species.

At the end of the trail the giraffes will be off to auction to raise funds for the wonderful Break charity. To find out more visit: https://www.break-charity.org/break-trails/

Our giraffe standing proudly in the Grafton centre in Cambridge.

Our Guide Dog sculpture we painted for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Wild in Art

Our sculpture is called "Paws for Thought" and is enjoying its wonderful location at Crossrail Canary Wharf. The trail runs until 17 May 2024 and features an array of Guide Dog sculptures decorated by artists across the UK.

Our design is decorated in flowers, lush green foliage, bees and evokes a sense of calm in a busy city.

✨ The trail offers sighted guide tours and has multi sensory tours too, to find out more visit: https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/paws-on-the-wharf/the-trail/

✨ With thanks to Cirrico for choosing our design.

[Image description: Purple Guide Dog Sculpture decorated in flowers, bees, butterflies and foliage, sitting in front of a colourful art installation at Crossrail Canary Wharf]

Our Guide Dog sculpture at Crossrail Canary Wharf