Work by papergecko
Ros Tennyson
Ros Tennyson works in the field of international development, developing specialist cross-sector partnership training materials as well as delivering training courses herself for organisations such as the International Business Leader's Forum (IBLF) and the Partnering Initiative.
Ros approached papergecko to set up a personal website to help spread the word about the work she's doing internationally as well as to act as a platform for her [...]
Making Sense of Places
Following on from Simon Whitehead's Lost in Ladywood project, MADE (Midlands Architecture and the Designed Environment) wanted to explore the potential to apply Simon's process to other places in the West Midlands, as part of a project to explore how creative people and local residents could work together to contribute to the planning process.
MADE commissioned three artists and a horticulturalist in the West Midlands to develop a walk with local people, which explored local distinctiveness and 'Sens [...]
Lost in Ladywood
Lost in Ladywood, our second book for movement artist Simon Whitehead is "a guide for the curious pedestrian - a positive pocket book manifesto for moving through Ladywood on foot."
Following the success of Walking to Work, Simon asked us to get involved in a project he was doing for MADE (Midlands Architecture and the Designed Environment) in Birmingham. As part of the project, Simon wanted to publish a pocket-sized 'walking guide' to Ladywood, an area of inner city Birmin [...]
Walking to Work
Walking to Work is an anthology of writing, photographs, drawings, sound and artefacts relating to the work of movement artist Simon Whitehead. Drawn from a body of work made between 1993 and 2006 the book reveals Whitehead's place-sensitive approach to performance making and the collaborative nature of the enquiries he makes with other artists, writers, the public and animals.
With contributions by Wallace Heim, Barnaby Oliver, Heike Roms, David Williams and others. The publication also includes 23 me [...]
Handmade & Found
Handmade and Found is a fashion boutique based in Islington, London. Run by Ruth Llewellyn and Anthony Wilson, the boutique has recently undergone a makeover as part of the BBC Two series, Mary Queen of Shops, with retail guru Mary Portas.
On Mary's advice, the Islington boutique changed it's name from Comfort and Joy to Handmade & Found, adopted a new colour scheme and logo and created a new shop layout. They needed a website too, so they got in touch with papergecko. At the moment there's a temporary holding page, but we're looki [...]
Merseyside Coalition of Inclusive Living
Papergecko were commissioned by Merseyside Coalition of Inclusive Living (MCIL), a Liverpool organisation which is run and controlled by disabled people, to develop a website for use by staff and members of MCIL. The site is driven by a bespoke Content Management System (CMS) developed a by Chris Evans. The CMS is optimised for use by the JAWS screen reader.
The site features a user forum, a searchable news service and a a [...]
Bubble a Byrlymu
Bubble a Byrlymu is a limited edition artist's book by Helen Clifford and Richard Powell. The book offers the artist's individual reaction and reinterpretation of the St Fagans National History Museum, an open–air museum located on the outskirts of Cardiff which features historically significant buildings from across Wales which have been relocated to the museum and painstakingly re-erected.
The book is the result of an extended period of research undertaken by the artists at the museum, and contributes "to the debate of what St Fagans [...]
Peter Bodenham
Peter Bodenham is a visual artist based in Pembrokeshire, who makes drawings, sculpture and installation. Peter wanted to update the look of his existing website, and to make it updateable via a Content Management System. We built a simple site in which the two main areas (work and news) were updateable via an intuitive online interface.
Peter was also aware that he may not find time to update his site as often as he wished, so we provided him with a front page which featured two images of his work. The images are selected at random each time the page i [...]
Walk With Me
Walk-With-Me is a project by artist Peter Bodenham. The artist has created a number of 'thumbsticks' - walking sticks cut from hedgerows - which are then released into the wild. People who find the sticks are then directed to the website to leave a record of their journey. So far the sticks have begun to appear in Amsterdam, Scotland and Suffolk.
The site was built using blogging software Wordpress, adapting the 'Pages' feature to create a simple Content Management System and including a bespoke excerpt of Wordpress Pages.
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Maria Hayes
sayalittleprayer was conceived by artist Sara Fletcher as part of a Cywaith Cymru / Artworks Wales Good Ideas Residency in the Cardiff Quaker Meeting House in 2006.During her residency at the Cardiff Quaker Meeting House she began to "see prayer as an irrepressible act of hope". Sara commissioned Papergecko to build a website with two purposes: to allow people to ask for others to pray for them, and to allow people to seek forgiveness for wrongdoing.
Website: http://www.sayalittleprayer.org.uk [...]
Maria Hayes is an artist, an illustrator, a workshop leader and trainer based in North Wales. Maria already had a website, but following consultation with Opportunity Wales, asked us to provide her with a cleaner, more accessible site. The resulting relaunch included a news feature which she uses to post information about up and coming courses, a random image selector to keep the front page looking fresh and a simple, but effective information architecture.
Website:
Say a Little Prayer
Bordering
Bordering is an interdisciplinary art and geography project by Holly McClaren and featuring work by Ruth Jones, Simon Whitehead and TEA which took place at Qube Gallery in October / November 2006. The accompanying site includes information about the project, the commissioned artists, events and associated research. The site includes a Wordpress powered blog which was used by the participating artists to document the development of the project.
The project also r [...]Philippa Lawrence
Best known for her recent tree-wrapping activities (Bound) Philippa Lawrence is a visual artist based in Wales. Philippa approached papergecko to commission a simple but effective website to document and promote her practice. The site features image and project galleries, plus a feature which keeps the home page fresh by selecting a random image from a bank of pictures of Philippa's work.
Papergecko are also responsible for updating the site when required.
Website: Disability Arts Cymru
Disability Arts Cymru (formerly Arts Disability Wales) commissioned papergecko to produce a new website to reflect the organisation's name change and new branding. Since DAC are a key disability organisation in Wales, they were also keen to have a site which would act as a model of good practice in web accessibility. papergecko provided DAC with a comprehensive new design, which complied with Priority 3 of the
Voluntary Arts Network
Voluntary Arts Network aims to "promote participation in the arts and crafts across the UK and Republic of Ireland. [They] recognise that they are a key part of our culture and as such they are absolutely vital to our health, social and economic development." As part of their range of information and advice services, VAN's website is a key tool in their mission to foster the development of the voluntary arts sector, and to improve the knowledge and skills of those working in the sector.
Back in 2005, VAN embarked on a project to update the visual look [...]Cultural Enterprise
Cultural Enterprise were one of the first creative industries business support agencies in the UK, offering help and support on business issues to artists and other creative practitioners across Wales. The model developed by Cultural Enterprise was later used in similar agencies in Scotland and England.
Early adopters of online services, Cultural Enterprise were keen to provide a model of good practice in web accessibility, and commissioned us to redesign their website, and transfer their key e-bulletin service to the new [...]Ointment
Ointment is an "itinerant collective of artists working in Live and interdisciplinary Art practices, based in West Wales." Papergecko provided the organisation with basic branding and a simple website written in xhtml and css. The site is fully accessible (AAA Compliant), including accessibility features such as skip navigation links and an accessible javascript image gallery.
Papergecko are also responsible for updating the site as and when new projects are completed. [...]
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Work
- Ros Tennyson
- Making Sense of Places
- Lost in Ladywood
- Walking to Work
- Handmade & Found
- Merseyside Coalition of Inclusive Living
- Bubble a Byrlymu
- Peter Bodenham
- Walk With Me
- Maria Hayes
- Say a Little Prayer
- Bordering
- Philippa Lawrence
- Disability Arts Cymru
- Voluntary Arts Network
- Cultural Enterprise
- Ointment