“Bee On A Bicycle”: ARTCO at Wivenhoe train station

ARTCO@ Level Best are pleased to be displaying some of our original work at the 'Crab and Winkle Gallery' at Wivenhoe train station.

The show is titled "Bee on a Bicycle" and it takes the theme of winter cycling combined with care for the natural world, avoiding using motorised transport, and it's inherent carbon emissions.

Jane Ostler who runs ARTCO is also the current curator of Crab and Winkle and she decided it would be fab to feature our work this winter.

An added bonus for us was a trip on the train from Colchester town station to Wivenhoe

on the afternoon of Friday 31st October to hang the work.

The work has been a team effort from many hands in ARTCO and Credit goes to;
Grant Owens
Ryan Sadler-Smith
Dean Smith
Naomi Turpin
Danny Tyson
Olivia  Sampson
Simon Waller
Felix Rogers
Andrew Gwilt
Kelly Wright
Christina Waldron
Saffron Harper
Derek Dodds for helping create the different works.

We were blessed with sun and no rain!

As ever our ARTCO trainees excelled and were professional in getting the work on display.

The show is a mix of visual arts and poetry and the above panel contains the poem we coined.

The Travelling Bee

I have pollen in my panniers
I am a bee on a bicycle;
I fly to the hive to make money,
But I don’t need it to make honey !
(Mine is sweeter with clover,
Bees are needed all over).

I wither in winter unless
I make a bee line to my nest.
Don’t be an icycle
Be on a bicycle,
Carry it on to the train,
(Upon your arrival, sit back on your saddle
And ride it until you get home).
Trains and bicycles can help to save the World!

Buzzing along the quiet roads
No cars or lorries with big loads
Time to hear and smell and see
The wonders of this country
For an economical bee like me.

Snowflakes are falling
Engines are stalling,
My bike’s in a swarm
And I’m keeping warm.
It could be a drop in the ocean,
Let’s get this thing in motion.

Do I cycle on ice?
At the close of the day
No one wants a slice
Of something not nice!"

The show will run until 9th January 2015 and can be seen by anyone passing through or stopping at Wivenhoe train station.

To learn more about Crab and Winkle Gallery please visit the 'off the rails wivenhoe blog' here.