Assignment 2 - Booklet/poster

Had a major rethink on how I'm doing the poster!

I enjoy the play on words, and had thought a bit ago on something like

'Take a Bite out of Sunderland!'

for the front/poster side of the piece.

Because of this, rather than painting the 7 cultural spots, 
So, I thought I'd Bake 'em! ...

After deciding which attractions I'm going to work on, I made some templates.

I overlayed templates onto cookie dough, and baked them.

The Empire Theatre - Iced up

The with added Lights!!

Cutting out some sections of template

I cut around template over icing sheet

Put the icing sheets into position

Then outlined the building

Here I've made some stained glass windows for the National Glass Centre

The Aquatic Centre

Penshaw Monument

The Stadium of Light!

And the Winter Gardens

Finally - The Climbing Wall

Now off to put them altogether!

TA-DA! The finished poster/booklet:-

The poster side, the shape of the boundary of Sunderland, with activities iced onto map

The reverse/booklet side of the poster, this shows seven attractions, and continuing with the play on words, I've incorporated iced words on the edible theme within the description of each  attraction.

Sunderland Empire

Wow! Sunderland Empire, what a building! What a history!!!

Vesta Tilly the vaudeville star laid the foundation stone n 1906, and the theatre opened in 1907 by her on July 1st.


The original statue on the top of the dome was of the Greek muse of dance and song Terpsichore. A replica now stands on the top of the dome, as for safety reasons during World War 2 as local bomb damage had caused the building to sway. The original was relocated inside on the main staircase.


The comic actor Sid James famously suffered a heart attack on stage, and died on his way to hospital, his ghost is has apparently been seen, and by all accounts after one night at the theatre, Les Dawson refused to return!!!


Other famous ghosts include, Vesta herself, and Molly Moselle who was a stage manager with Ivor Novello, she left the building for a card, and was never seen again!!!!!


Because of this the theatre got the name 'comic graveyard'


Helen Mirren, and Tommy Steele, both had their debuts at Sunderland Empire, and the Beatles performed there too during their first UK tour!


Nowadays, the theatre regularly plays host to large-scale musicals, opera, ballet, dance showcases, amateur productions and one-night shows


Click here for a virtual tour of the fabulous interior of the Theatre

Sunderland Winter Gardens

Sunderland Winter Gardens on Burdon Road, on the edge of Mowbray Park

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens combines a museum, art gallery, exhibition space and Winter Gardens to create a stunning visitor attraction in the heart of the city centre.

In the Museum, discover the history of the city from its prehistoric past to the present day. Exciting displays interpret the wide variety of collections, using hands-on exhibits, computer interactives and video presentations.

The Art Gallery features paintings by L S Lowry together with Victorian masterpieces and artefacts from the four corners of the world.

The stunning Winter Gardens stimulate the senses with over 2,000 flowers and plants brought together in a spectacular showcase of the world's natural beauty.

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland/

I've been looking at the Glass structure of the Winter Gardens, Sunderland a once Shipbuilding town and Glass making centre has had a wonderful history in quality engineering and glass making, as was world renowned for these practices. It's such a shame that these industries are no longer thriving, but the Glass Centre in Sunderland has managed to maintain a living testament to Sunderland's past.

Mowbray Park used to have a Victorian Winter Palace, but during World War 2 it was damamged so much, it had to be demolished. The new building has replicated the exotic planting and also has the fish pond, which were said to be in the original.

So the Winter Gardens Building is an echo of the past of Sunderland.

Here are some sketches I have done from the outside of the structure.

Here, I've altered the perspective, and have focused on the metal man-made framed structure from within, juxtaposed with the banana leaves, which, by rights, have no business in Sunderland at all!!!!

Things to Look Into!

ATTRACTIONS - Empire Theatre, Coastline - Whitburn, Seaburn, Roker, Penshaw, Stadium of Light


CULTURE - Football, Drinking, Sunderland Echo


CHURCHES - St Peters, Bishopwearmouth, St Michael's and All Angels


EMPLOYMENT - Today - Nissan   http://www.investinsunderland.co.uk/inward-facts-large.asp
Old - Ropemakers, Dock - Shipbuilders, Coal Miners, Glass Blowers, Sunderland Pottery, Fishermen, Vaux, Swallow


UNEMPLOYMENT - http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/north-east/unemployment_up_by_4_3_in_region_1_2944294


COMMUNITIES - Recreation


FESTIVALS - Air Show, Kite Festival,


East End Carnival http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/carnival_promises_a_fun_packed_day_1_1065037


Houghton Feast  http://www.houghtonfeast.co.uk/   tp://www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/




BUILDINGS - Buildings that have had a change of use e.g. ABC Cinema - The Point


Customs Building, etc


CUSTOMS - clippy mats, Ropemaking, Museum Steps, 
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/weird_and_wonderful_customs_1_1132121


PARKS - How they became Parks


Mowbray, Barnes, Roker, Doxford


LINKS - Essen in Germany and Saint-Nazaire in France. The city also has Friendship Agreements with international partners Washington DC in USA and Harbin in China.




How the Centre has moved and changed, Hendon Fishmongers and High Street Shops to Bridges, to the changes brought by out of town shopping.


Prosperity and Poverty


Colloquialisms - Why Aye! Gin Ann, Had-a-way


Makem twang

And Finally! ...

Here I've separated the sections and brought out the map

Working up the Final

Decided to look at the Anglo Saxon Gods in an attempt at a clear image illustrating how Sunderland got it's name

Teaming the god with an outline of the boundary of today's Sunderland, I have used his action to depict

'A Land Cast Asunder' - Asunderland

As the original town was settled on both sides of the River Wear