Barton’s Chair

Barton’s Chair

Barton’s Chair – a sculpture by Briony Marshall from Briony Marshall on Vimeo. Barton’s Chair – The Art of Connection Barton’s Chair is a large specially commissioned sculpture hanging in the central atrium in the heart of the new Barton Science Centre of...
Layers of Bournemouth – a Public Artwork

Layers of Bournemouth – a Public Artwork

  Between the 18th April and 7th May 2018, the artists and volunteers spent 10 days at Hengitsbury Head digging earth, mixing it with clay and pigments and ramming it into a two and a half metre tall wooden box. Unveiled on the 7th May, Layers of Bournemouth is a...
Small Molecules

Small Molecules

This series of bronze artworks continues Briony Marshall’s process of using human figures to represent the atoms in molecules. This tells of how the same few atoms of biological life come together in different ways to produce very different molecules, each fairly...
Rammed Earth

Rammed Earth

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. ...
DNA

DNA

In 1953 Watson and Crick suggested the now iconic double helix model of DNA (thanks also to data from Franklin, Chargaff and Wilkins). This discovery led to our understanding of genetics and the birth of molecular biology. This also had a great influence on my late...