Following on from the very successful Snowdogs by the Sea art trail in 2016, the Martlets and Wild in Art have cooperated to set up a ‘Snail’ trail across the City of Brighton & Hove from 15 September - 18 November 2018.
On the 3 December there will be an auction of the Snails with proceeds going to the Martlets Hospice
Below are listed twelve ‘Hove Snails’ there were 50 Snails and 57 Junior Snails in total throughout the City of Brighton & Hove.
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Fast Forward The Mixtape Snail
Artist: Cassettelord, Sponsor: Norman Cook (Big Beach Cafe) Location: Hove Lagoon. |
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| copyright © J.Middleton Home Sweet Home Artist: Illona Clark, Sponsor: Lawton & Dawe Properties, Location: Stoneham Park. |
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| copyright © J.Middleton I’Ain’t No Slug
Artists: Charlie Langhome and Hydro Monkeys,
Sponsor: Sussex Transport Ltd, Location: Medina Terrace.
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| copyright © J.Middleton The Trail of Treasured Memories
Artist: Liam Smith, Sponsor: The Aldridge
Foundation & Aldridge Family, Location: George Street.
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| copyright © J.Middleton Persephone
Artist: Manic Minotaur, Sponsor: Legal &
General Assurance Society Ltd, Location: Hove Park.
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| copyright © J.Middleton Dotty
Artist: Christina Iden, Sponsor: Hanover Care Ltd,
Location: Hove Town Hall.
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| copyright © J.Middleton The Last Snail Hunt
Artist: Jo Moore, Sponsor: Yeomans Nissan,
Location: Hove Promenade (Adelaide Crescent)
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| copyright © J.Middleton Soraya
Artist: Sarah Arnett, Sponsor: Joan & Jerry
Cooper, Location: Floral Clock (Palmeira Square).
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The Junior Snailway is made up of 57 Junior Snails which was sponsored by The Aldridge Foundation. Below are the four Junior Snails in Hove Library
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Petals
Artists: Pipa Jackson, Holly Wilde & Alex
Cheeseman, Designed by Hove Junior School,
Sponsor: The Aldridge Foundation |
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| copyright © J.Middleton Florence Artist: ---- , Designed by Each Peach Childcare, Sponsor: The Aldridge Foundation |
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| copyright © J.Middleton In the foreground:- Thingumee Bob
Artist: Becca Homer, Designed by Each Peach
Childcare
in the background:- Melony
Designed by Mia Maitland-Rae, each ‘pip’
individually designed by the children in Year 6 at Hove Junior
School. Sponsor: The Aldridge
Foundation
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According to the North Portslade Community Newsletter (December
2018) a business called Plunge Creations situated at the former
Malthouse in Portslade Old Village played a major role in the birth of
the very successful snails. Sarah Mead, the director, stated they had
worked with the creative team of Wild in Art, Martlets’ Snailspace
partners, to make a small scale model called a maquette. When the
maquette received approval from those involved, the ‘Plunge’ people
created a larger fibreglass model, which was then despatched to
another company that mass produced the 50 models.
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