Since earlier in the year, I’ve been working on a commission for County Hospital in Stafford.  As part of a major ward refurbishment, I was asked to work with patients, staff and other stakeholders to create a ‘medicinal herbs’ themed piece of work for the new Elective Orthopaedics Ward.

We eventually decided on some large scale silhouettes of herbs with a watercolour texture for the eight-metre long corridor walls.  These were printed onto vinyl and then cut out with a plotter so each herb was an individual piece of work.  Patients and staff created some of the textures for the herbs alongside some smaller pieces that will be framed and hung in the waiting room.  Everyone did some fantastic work – I’ll post some pictures of the framed pieces once they are up but in the meantime, here’s some of the wall vinyls and some work from the creative sessions.  I’ve also included some of the original drawings for the herb silhouettes and the designs for two posters I’m screen printing that explain the symbolic meaning of the herbs featured in the artwork.