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Crediton Public Swimming Pool, Devon

8 x 7 metre mosaic learner pool, made of vitreous tiles by Rosalind Wates Mosaics team and installed by Paul Fricker Ltd. The motifs were drawn by local primary school children, on a marine theme. One requirement in the brief was that no block of colour in the design should be able to confuse pool attendants on the alert for children in trouble. Commissioned by Mid Devon District Council. The project was featured in Channel Four’s ‘Collector’s Lot’, who made a mini documentary about how the mosaic was made.

The surrounding wall tiles feature images connected to the town of Crediton, drawn by local school children: St. Boniface, a local historical figure, beside the town church; motifs that reflect local agriculture; nearby historical landmarks such as ‘Cromwell’s Cut’; the ‘Tarka Line’ railway, and following that theme, otters and other natural wild life. The images were on-glazed onto standard tiles. Safety notices are included in the overall design in matching style.

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  • Home
  • Portfolio
    • Artist Residences >
      • North Uist Fish
      • Lancaster Flying Carpet Mosaic
      • The Grizedale Mosaic
      • Atsitsa Ship Of Life Triptych
    • Public Commissions >
      • Essex Skipper Butterfly Sculpture, Colchester
      • Wokingham Methodist Church Fish
      • The Wokingham Mosaics
      • Warneford Hospital Sculpture, Oxford
      • Crediton Public Swimming Pool, Devon
      • Highfield Mosaic Panels, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
      • Benbecula Pebble Circles, Outer Hebrides
      • Cadzow Glen Mosaic
      • Coventry Canal Basin Mosaic Map
      • Petersfield Town Map, Hampshire
      • Workington Town Centre Mosaic, Cumbria
      • Tavistock School Timeline, Devon
    • Private Commissions >
      • Mosaic Floors, Belgravia
      • Octopus Bathroom Floor
      • Chelsea W.C.
      • Moon & Stars Swimming Pool
      • Tiled Swimming Pool Surround
      • Dionysus
      • Pheasant Doorstep, Keeper's Cottage
      • Goose Pathway
      • Betty Boop Bathroom Floor
      • Fountain Pool, St. Peter’s Church, Burnham
    • Gallery Work
    • Schools & Communities >
      • View Mosaic, The Blencathra Centre, Keswick
      • Dunhurst School, Bedales
      • Egremont 'Crab Fair'
      • Highgate Pre-Prep School
      • Newton-in-Furness School
      • Oxted Railway Station
      • Tebay Primary School
      • Ulverston Victoria High School
  • Mosaic Courses
    • General Information
    • Phoenix Studio
    • Atsitsa on the Isle of Skyros, Greece
    • Missenden Abbey
    • Henley on Thames School of Art
    • Denman College
    • Ardington School of Crafts
  • About
    • Biography
    • Artist's Statement
    • Book
    • Poems
  • Contact & Links
  • Transient Mosaics
  • Mosaic Courses