North Tyneside Tyne Tunnel Buoys

I have been commissioned to work on a public art project, painting 3 marine buoys, which will be installed at the northbound exit of the Tyne Tunnel. It's a very exciting project, and will be seen by thousands of drivers every day travelling from South Tyneside to North Tyneside.

The buoys are around 10 ft tall, and will be hand painted in my own design, which depicts local scenes and activities from North Tyneside.

The local papers have been interested in the project, and the South Shields Gazette even did a feature page on me :-)

Here they are with some classic puns...

The Journal

The Chronicle

North Tyneside News Guardian

South Shields Gazette

A double page feature in the South Shields Gazette.

North Tyneside Council newsletter


and a link to the BBC local news page http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14436258


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This is the design which will be painted directly onto the buoys next week.

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Last week, on a beautiful sunny day, they were finally moved from their home at the Stephenson Railway Museum in North Tyneside, and went to AM Fabrications in Blaydon to be fixed up, cleaned up and welded in order to be installed on site.

They are now at Northern Protective Coatings in Bill Quay, Gateshead, being shot blasted with a sky blue undercoat. I'll be in their workshop next week to paint them!

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Here are a couple of articles showing the buoys being moved;

News Guardian

South Shields Gazette