The artwork and images below belong solely to the artist, Willo Williams - and are protected by Copyright Law.
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William (patinated plaster) |
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The Great Race (plaster) |
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The making of bifold screen doors, using old cardboard and hardboard, old canvas stretchers, old CDs (those which used to come in magazines advertising Internet providers), unused kids glitter glue & gems. The characters were first painted in oils. |
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Completed Doors |
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Bi-fold doors in situ |
Sketches
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Dick's House |
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The Casalis de Pury House (oils) |
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Brown Eyed Girl (mixed media) |
So Tenderly He Loved Me (clay)
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Call Me Jack (terracotta) |
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Hubert (watercolour) |
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Mary Jane (watercolour)
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Emma Kate (watercolour) |
Terpsichore (plaster and florists wire)
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Incident at Samlesbury (oil)
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Samlesbury, Where I Once Lived (acrylic) |
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The Great Renovation (watercolour sketch) |
Pas du Deux (leftover cement)
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Lunch At The Natural History Museum - Darwin Ponders Evolution (digital image from original oil) |
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Hot Swirl (digital image) |
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Norman Carr (watercolour) |
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Marjorie (oil)
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Rodney (oil)
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Billie (oil) |
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Galloping Horses (paper-cut) |
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Nothing Up My Sleeve (paper-cut) |
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Waltzer (digital image from original acrylic) |
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Another Waltz (paper-cut & discarded sweetie foil)
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What Fun! (paper-cut & discarded sweetie foil) |
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Fairground Fish (torn paper & discarded sweetie foil)) |
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Fiona & Iain (watercolour miniatures) |
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Joan (watercolour)
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Marilyn (watercolour) |
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Canna Lily (watercolour) |
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Aunt Ruth (watercolour) |
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Samantha (watercolour) |
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Elephant at Water Hole (oil) |
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Children of the Kafue River (oil) |
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Elephant (oil) |
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Fantasy (batik) |
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Flame Lily (watercolour) |
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Ugh! (paper-cut) |
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Mr Chauhan (oil) |
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Beth (watercolour) |
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Tess (watercolour) |
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Guineafowl (pencil) |
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Zebra & Wildebeest (batik) |
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Jack & Connie's house (oil) |
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Malala, Icon of Our Time (face original oil painting and the rest is mixed media) |
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Malala (print form original oil and then mixed media applied to rest of image) |
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Paul (pastel sketch) |
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Silver Service (oil) |
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A Father Says Goodbye To His Son (oil) |
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During Lockdown my neighbours were clearing out their wardrobes and brought unwanted clothes to my door. Very few fitted me so I up-cycled them. |
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Starman (face painted in oil with up-cycled |
can, pie dish, lace, CD, jewellery findings, kids gems)
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Starman 2 (digital image of original portrait, with up-cycled CD, jewellery findings, aluminium can, lace and wrapping paper)
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Purple Rain (original, face painted in oil with up-cycled |
pie dish, lace trim, old CD, gems, wrapping & tissue paper
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Madonna & Child |
(resin, paint, jewellery findings, broken jewellery)
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Diva (mixed media) |
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Porcelain (mixed media) |
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Jimi (oil) |
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Mike (watercolour) |
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John's Son (watercolour) |
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The free Kick (oil)
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Ode a Alegria (oil) |
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Strelitzia Reginae (watercolour) |
The splash-back to my hob (mosaic using some new tiles, in addition to broken pottery dug up from my garden when I had my extension built)
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Hillsborough (coloured etching)
Sarah (original terracotta & cast in plaster. A further cast in resin that didn't turn out well, so I stuck on my back wall and painted around it - see below:
Garden Mosaic
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The painted "window" in the garden using old louvre doors and odd bits of wood |
Painted portraits of my four granddaughters (painted background with up-cycled CDs etc)
They all fit together to form a quadriptych (or tetraptych)
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Coat made from charity shop curtains |
During Lockdown my neighbours gave me some jogging pants, jumpers and T-shirts - all too big for me, so I up-cycled them into this outfit
This outfit started off as a 20+-year-old torn duvet cover my friend was throwing out
I took six pairs of specs to the recycling bank, but you can't donate the cases, so I took the pouch-style cases home and with some kids unused felt and some unused shoe laces I made this hat.
The soles came apart from these boots and they were also cracked across the bottom, so I made them into a nice warm hat
I saved this fabulous wool tartan fabric from going to the tip. As much as I adore men in kilts I am sad to say that women (especially older women) don't look as fabulous in them as their menfolk, so I wanted to make something more flattering, but on the same principle of one piece of cloth, pleated & fastened with a strap (I used a strap from an old handbag for this). To go with the kilt I made an oversized tam-o-shanter.
I actually bought this tartan fabric new - not recycled!
Plain boots that I bought from a charity shop for £3. I added faux stirrups made from
old handbag straps. I made them so I could remove them and use on other boots.
Another outfit made from a duvet cover and one pillow case found in a charity shop
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Waterbuck (batik) |
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Duende (digital artwork) |
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Shifting Sands (resin and sand relief on printed background) |
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Miss Colostomy & the Windbags (oil) |
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Birds Of A Feather (oil) |
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Up, Up & Away (unused cement & found objects) |
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Self Portrait (oil) |
Tony, Craig & Dogs (oil)
Neck ruff, mittens and corsage from unused knickers
Coat with minimal amount of waste
Arctic Tern from old CDs, nail scissors, and potato masher
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Coat from old curtains, dyed |
Coat made entirely from small scraps and sleeves from an unused blouse |
Exhibition in Croydon running until October 2024
With the artist Hetain Patel
With Hetain's parents and another artist, Jo. Four of my 13 pieces immediately behind the group