As LandWorks celebrates its 1st birthday, Chris reflects on the staggering progress the project has made since it began.
LandWorks Updates
Chris’s blog: A lot happens in a year
Chris’s blog: Zen and the art of the picnic bench
The LandWorks picnic bench production line is taking off – fancy some new patio furniture?
Chris’s blog: A powerful Symbol
Hunched and looming out of the morning mist, the astonishing ‘Symbol’ scultpure at LandWorks has a powerful effect on those arriving from prison.
Chris’s blog: Putting a price on cultural capital
Chris takes a moment to discuss the practical realities of financing LandWorks – and how you can help.
Chris’s blog: Good days and exhausting days
Some days are better than others – and working with men who are often ex-addicts brings its own peculiar difficulties.
Chris’s blog: A question of trust
Hello “Chris, mate – they’re called your ‘core issues’. Sounds like you’ve got one…” Well, (surprisingly) it’s not raining and I’m busy working with one of our new trainees. We’ve been chatting easily together, working, swapping…
Chris’s blog: FTS
Hello “FTS…Chris man, do you know what that means?” I was asked this, early on, in the first week by one of the guys. I desperately wanted to coolly say yes, but just managed a stumbled…
Chris’s blog: Archive
All the earliest LandWorks blogs from the pen of Project Manager Chris Parsons – right back to the very first day of the project on 23 July, 2013.