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New murals give city a bamboost!
The Sentinel
|May 07, 2025
Art project shows effectiveness of natural product
TWO new murals celebrating Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramic history - and the creative potential of bamboo - have been created in the city.
The Brilliant Botanicals murals - a project by creative organisation Brilliant Bamboo - can be found at prominent locations in Stoke town.
The first mural, created by graphic artist Rob Fenton, can be found on Tiger Bite’s building on the corner of Liverpool Road and Elenora Street.
Inspired by traditional botanical surface pattern designs and the Japanese art of kintsugi - where broken ceramics are repaired with lacquer and precious metals - the piece also reflects Stoke-on-Trent's geography, with gold repair lines mirroring the city’s road network.
To develop his design, Rob explored historic pattern books in the Spode Museum archives, close to the site of the mural, drawing inspiration from Chinoiserie patterns of the 1780s.
This story is from the May 07, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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