FENLAND FOLK - 10 LARGE ILLUSTRATIVE ARTWORKS BY ELECTRIC EGG
Electric Egg are excited to announce an exciting new project to be unveiled in January 2016. On the 31st of January Transported & FreshLinc will unveil a series of 10 artworks in the latest "Art on Lorries" commission.
The artworks created by Neil Baker and Steven Hatton of Electric Egg, celebrates people and places in Boston Borough and South Holland. These unique trailers will give people from Lincolnshire and beyond the opportunity to learn about the characters and history of the area, from the Dutch engineers who drained the Fenlands, to Dame Sarah Swift, founder of the Royal College of Nursing, and architect and antiquarian William Stukeley.
All ten spectacular trailers will be displayed together for the first time at the launch at Springfields Event and Conference Centre on Tuesday 31st January 2017.
The ‘Art on Lorries’ project has been commissioned by Transported in partnership with local haulage company Freshlinc. Each inspiration for the design was chosen by a Freshlinc employee who is depicted on the rear of the respective trailer explaining why they chose the person or subject.
Fenland Folk follows the success of the first ‘Art on Lorries’ commission, which was unveiled in 2014. Alisha Miller’s bold and expressive depictions of Lincolnshire landscapes, have been touring Europe on Freshlinc trailers for nearly two years. Lincolnshire Loveliness has been reported nationally, and the designs have recently been transformed into a collectable Corgi model.
The people and places represented in the Fenland Folk artworks are:
Joseph Banks, naturalist, botanist and Boston town recorder
The Boston Pilgrims
The Dutch Engineers who drained the Fenlands
Matthew Flinders, Navigator and Cartographer
Jean Ingelow, – Poet and Author
King John and the loss of the Crown Jewels in the Wash
John Molson – Entrepreneur and Founder of the Molson Brewery
Frank Pick, Transport Administrator
William Stukeley, architect, antiquarian and pioneer of archaeological investigation at Stonehenge
Dame Sarah Swift, founder of the Royal College of Nursing
The public unveiling of the artworks will take place from 1.30pm to 2.30pm on Tuesday 31st January 2017 at Springfields Event and Conference Centre. Entry is free.