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This is a mood board around my preliminary concept design. I feel that for the audience to feel connected to Sophia Sturge and Lawrence Deller they need to be in the room with them and so I have incorporated life sized models of the two into the space, with Sturge posing as Deller paints the portrait. I also felt that the prison bars were an important part of their story, Deller lost his life because of his time spent in Dartmoor prison and Sturge was ever present and ready to help those in need of someone to be their voice, advocating for the freedoms and rights of people from all walks of life. I felt that the fact Deller was put in to Dartmoor prison, subjected to hard labour and malnourishment that caused his death, was a poignant reminder of what we did to our own people during the atrocity of war. Deller was stuck between a rock and a hard place, being forced to choose between abandoning his beliefs and fighting a war he did not believe in or going to prison and dying a meaningless avoidable death, but holding on to his principles. The conscientious objectors were vilified in their time and often overlooked as casualties of war even now so I want this exhibition to bring this to the forefront and tell a story that is often forgotten.

Well...to quote Topgun " My ego is writing cheques that my body can't cash ! " #refuge #sculpture #architecture #tiles #1418now #conscientiousobjectors #maverick #newwork #jamesbloomfield #installation #ego