Ice Structure Installation video at Manchester Art Gallery

Andy Singleton Manchester Gallery Installation 2012 from Nicholas Singleton on Vimeo.

Heres a short film about the making of the 'Ice Structure' Installation at Manchester Art Gallery. The installation was commissioned by Manchester Art Gallery as part of their festive celebrations. A special thanks to UK based paper manufacturers, GF Smith for providing all the papers used in crafting the piece.

Ice Structure - Winter installation at Manchester Art Gallery

Above: Concept drawing and test model. 

In celebration for Christmas and to complement their current exhibition, The First Cut, Manchester Art Gallery have commissioned me to create a winter themed installation in the atrium space of their beautiful gallery. The piece is inspired by ice formations such as icicles, ice caverns and frozen water falls. The work will be fully installed by the 5th of December, so come and take a look if you are near by!

Bringing Bellpenny's values to life

I recently worked with York based design agency The Beautiful Meme to produce a series of paper sculptures for Bellpenny, a new UK based IFA company. The brief was to take Bellpenny's brand values and translate them into something visual that would resonate with potential client. Take a look at the video to find out what i made.....

To find out more about Bellpenny click here

The First Cut - Manchester Art Gallery

Opens tomorrow at Manchester City Art Gallery

New installation at Manchester Art Gallery!

I've been working on a new installation at Manchester Art Gallery for the First Cut Exhibition. The Show features 31 International artist who all use paper as their chosen medium. There is some truly great stuff on show and a lot of new work from some of the worlds best  paper artists! find out more go to http://www.manchestergalleries.org.uk

andy singleton's photostream

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New work - in preparation for the First Cut Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery - Oct 5th

Kensington Palace commission

Above: Images of the wedding dress installation in progress

Last month i installed two paper installations for the Victoria Revealed exhibition at the newly refurbished Kensington Palace, unveiled at the end of March. The handmade paper installations were installed in the cabinet with Queen Victoria's original wedding dress and another in the cabinet housing QV original mourning dress, along with mourning outfits worn by princess Beatrice and prince Leopold. To find out more about the Victoria Revealed exhibition and Kensington Palace click here

Images of the installation coming soon...

West Dean and Dot to Dot art workshops

I recently held some paper sculpture workshops at West Dean college, Chichester and Dot to Dot arts in Portsmouth. It was a lot of fun and i met some really nice and interesting people. We archived some really interesting and varied work. Here are a few images from the workshops.

West Dean workshops

I will be tutoring at the beautiful West Dean College this month from the 12th to 17th of February during West Deans paper week.

Find out more at www.westdean.org.uk/

Seifreid and Mack paper bird commission

Recently completed paper commission, inspired by taxidermy birds, for German interior designers Seifried & Mack.