Stainless
Cartoons and paintings that celebrate Harry Brearley's great discovery in 1913
Stainless opened at Camp Wildago in April 2013. The collection was exhibited at other Sheffield venues throughout the year. (Special thanks to Sheffield Forgemasters, the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, Outokumpu and Millennium Galleries.)
Stainless opened at Camp Wildago in April 2013. The collection was exhibited at other Sheffield venues throughout the year. (Special thanks to Sheffield Forgemasters, the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, Outokumpu and Millennium Galleries.)
Stainless
Cartoons and paintings that celebrate Harry Brearley's great discovery in 1913
To celebrate 100 years of stainless steel, Sheffield based artist Wildago brought her own brand of levity to the proceedings by staging a special exhibition in honour of Harry Brearley at her gallery ‘Camp Wildago’ on Campo Lane. Stainless is a collaboration between the artist and much loved Sheffield cartoonist James Whitworth, and offers a unique perspective on the centenary celebrations.
“I’ve been a fan of James for a long time and once had the privilege of watching a Whitworth cartoon being drawn,” says Wildago. “Working with him is a lot of fun since we both like to create humorous, vibrant pictures. Stainless steel is many things, but it’s not noted for being colourful. Stainless changes all that!”
The ‘amalgamation’ of Whitworth and Wildago was forged with a ‘his and hers’ twist. Each artist used the same set of Sheffield landmark photographs with obvious links to stainless steel. Separately the pair ‘polished’ the steel scenes by adding their own signature characters, including Sheffield’s hottest apprentice steelworker Freddy Furnace! Brearley himself makes a couple of guest appearances…
Wildago is already something of a veteran as far as the Sheffield steel-making industry is concerned. In 2012 she completed a boardroom commission for Sheffield Forgemasters (where Freddy Furnace works) and in the past designed a poster to promote the Save Portland Works campaign.
As for James, he’d been itching to get involved in the Painted World of Wildago for some time. “I first ran into Wildago at Bank Street Arts where my Sheffield Dozen exhibition was hosted and was immediately taken with her work. When she suggested we collaborate I jumped at the chance.”
“Stainless” by Whitworth and Wildago
A Light-hearted View of the Harry Brearley Centenary
Art Exhibition at Camp Wildago
2-13 April 2013
10AM-3PM Tues-Sat.
Campo Lane at Hawley Street, Sheffield, S1 2EA
Tel. 0774 920 6133
Cartoons and paintings that celebrate Harry Brearley's great discovery in 1913
To celebrate 100 years of stainless steel, Sheffield based artist Wildago brought her own brand of levity to the proceedings by staging a special exhibition in honour of Harry Brearley at her gallery ‘Camp Wildago’ on Campo Lane. Stainless is a collaboration between the artist and much loved Sheffield cartoonist James Whitworth, and offers a unique perspective on the centenary celebrations.
“I’ve been a fan of James for a long time and once had the privilege of watching a Whitworth cartoon being drawn,” says Wildago. “Working with him is a lot of fun since we both like to create humorous, vibrant pictures. Stainless steel is many things, but it’s not noted for being colourful. Stainless changes all that!”
The ‘amalgamation’ of Whitworth and Wildago was forged with a ‘his and hers’ twist. Each artist used the same set of Sheffield landmark photographs with obvious links to stainless steel. Separately the pair ‘polished’ the steel scenes by adding their own signature characters, including Sheffield’s hottest apprentice steelworker Freddy Furnace! Brearley himself makes a couple of guest appearances…
Wildago is already something of a veteran as far as the Sheffield steel-making industry is concerned. In 2012 she completed a boardroom commission for Sheffield Forgemasters (where Freddy Furnace works) and in the past designed a poster to promote the Save Portland Works campaign.
As for James, he’d been itching to get involved in the Painted World of Wildago for some time. “I first ran into Wildago at Bank Street Arts where my Sheffield Dozen exhibition was hosted and was immediately taken with her work. When she suggested we collaborate I jumped at the chance.”
“Stainless” by Whitworth and Wildago
A Light-hearted View of the Harry Brearley Centenary
Art Exhibition at Camp Wildago
2-13 April 2013
10AM-3PM Tues-Sat.
Campo Lane at Hawley Street, Sheffield, S1 2EA
Tel. 0774 920 6133