The final Enchanted Chair completes the set

On the same weekend as we installed the boxing gloves, we also managed to put in the final enchanted chair which was carved in brick by Ian Cooper, creator of the winged chair.

The Enchanted Chairs appear!

It was an exciting day for Y SO? when we came to install the Enchanted Chairs on a beautiful sunny day in August. Lots of community members came out to see what was happening, even the Mayor turned up!

Six of the chairs are now in place on Centenary Green and there's still one more to come...

We had loads of fun trying them all out. Which is your favourite?

Wincobank Chapel Workshops - Chair designs and positioning

We initially spoke to the Friends of Wincobank Hill about this project, as they are the main users of Wincobank Chapel and therefore we knew the project would be important to them as they would see it every time they looked out the window. They were very supportive and helped us to organise some workshops with a group of local young people and their families. We also talked to a group of older residents who attend the weekly coffee morning.

The first workshop looked at what might make a chair enchanted. We brought along a series of normal chairs and asked the participants to transform them into magical thrones! Here are some images of what they came up with. These were shown to the artists who were commissioned to make the actual chairs that will be installed on Centenary Green.

The second workshop looked at positioning. Where on the green should the chairs go? How should they be arranged? How would people use them?