Harris Academy circles

Installed on the wall at the front entrance of Harris Academy. Info from the artist: “The artwork was inspired by the creative consultation during the summer term of 2024 where pupils and staff were invited to help me capture what’s great about Harris and its sense of belonging through drop-in sessions, focus groups and the art department working with S2 pupils to hear their views. Key themes emerged from the consultation that linked to the welcoming pupils and staff, subjects and extracurricular activity, feeling of belonging and the sense of place with the tiered building with great views over the trees, ripples on the Tay, seeing the rail bridge and big skies and features from the past including the clocktower in the courtyard. For this site-specific design I wanted to capture a real sense of place and sense of belonging that worked from a distance with flowing movement of various sizes of circles working together and as you get closer you see the illustrated details with meaningful references to the school. Colour of the artwork links into the Harris school blazer colour as a majority plus pops of the brights of the house colours of Birnam (Red), Cawdor (Yellow), Forres (Green), Kinloch (Blue), that would contrast on the surface of the wall. I developed concepts and created illustrated artwork and worked AS Fabrication and Tayside Powder Coating Services to produce the final pieces.”