Olympic Park Move

Finally the topiary installations that featured at the Southbank Centre as part of the Festival of Neighbourhood have made their way the short distance across London to the Olympic Park in Stratford (via Nottingham!), where they will set up residence for the year. Both installations, The Neighbours and The Sweepers, will be featured at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park throughout 2014.

The sculpture move also provoked features in several of the local and national newspapers.

... and they were even part of a caption challenge on the BBC website!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25965617

Pirate Technics in Guatemala!!!???

Whilst passing Lake Atitlan some of the Pirates took the time to build a sculpture at Cosmic Convergence Festival of an oroborus - a symbol of infinity with a snake eating its own tail. Happy new year all!

Pirate Technics / Shipshape Arts 2013 End of Year Party!

To say a big thank you to all the Pirate crew and celebrate our busiest year to date, we held a party in the local pub, Bar Deux in Nottingham on Saturday 19th October.

There was a great turnout, an award ceremony, snacks and even a little burn!

Here's a video of the burn, with thanks to Barney...

2013 T-Shirts Have Arrived!

The 2013 Pirate Crew T-Shirts have arrived, featuring all our projects of the year! Try and guess what each letter is...

Please collect at the Pirate Party this weekend.

Olympic Park Move

The first of our two topiary installations, the Neighbours, have been taken down from the Southbank Centre now. But don't fear (especially if you live in Stratford) if you can't get along to see the Sweepers before they go too because we are currently in discussions with the Olympic Park!

John Lewis Fabric Tree 2013

Another Pirate Technics fabric tree has sprouted in a John Lewis store - this time in High Wycombe!

Bestival

Pirate Technics visited the Isle of Wight for Bestival, building a sculpture for a new arena called Temple Island.