Tower No 2 (Watkin's Folly) - Trial Build
J1 Project Space
Cambridge Junction
Clifton Way
Cambridge
CB1 7GX
Weds 9th September
2-5pm
Tower No 2 (Watkin's Folly) is the second in a series of experimental structures exploring ideas of human endeavour and human hubris.
I have been working on Tower No 2 (Watkin's Folly) since the start of the year, and it is too big to fully assemble in my studio, so I am very grateful to Matt Burman and Jess Weston-Snee at Cambridge Junction for giving me the opportunity to do a trial build of the tower in the J1 project space and document the results.
This is also a great opportunity for me to share the work in its current state and get some feedback, so if you are in Cambridge and able to call in, I'd love to see you.
>>> Click here to see the first tower, Tower No 1a (Looks Like a Good Trajectory So Far), at Saturation Point
I have been working on Tower No 2 (Watkin's Folly) since the start of the year, and it is too big to fully assemble in my studio, so I am very grateful to Matt Burman and Jess Weston-Snee at Cambridge Junction for giving me the opportunity to do a trial build of the tower in the J1 project space and document the results.
This is also a great opportunity for me to share the work in its current state and get some feedback, so if you are in Cambridge and able to call in, I'd love to see you.
>>> Click here to see the first tower, Tower No 1a (Looks Like a Good Trajectory So Far), at Saturation Point
Gallery - prior to trial build
About Watkin's Folly
Watkin's Tower [nicknamed Watkin's Folly] was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, Middlesex, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre (1,175 ft)-high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin. Marketed as the "Great Tower of London," it was designed to surpass the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and it was part of Wembley Park's emergence as a recreational space. The tower was never completed and it was demolished in 1907.
Text: Wikipedia
Image: Public domain
Text: Wikipedia
Image: Public domain