Laura Cooper - the five library mosaics
Currently on display in the Millennium Library, Norwich
Around the time I first registered these mosaics, my sister was taking part in her school's production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" - and, for me, the two have been associated ever since!
The fifty-year story of their creation, near-destruction, incarceration and eventual restoration is told in this Press Release...
www.norfolk.gov.uk/news/2017/08/original-mosaics-designed...
... and this article, from the local press..
www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/mosaics-rescued-from-norwic...
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No doubt blame for the delay will be put down to difficulties in contacting the artist!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106969/Bill-Laurel-Coop...
But for an idea of her persistence, there's a lovely interview with Laurel Cooper and Bill, her husband (who died in March 2016), on the BBC website...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-17084308
Just to round this off, here's how the old Central Library looked - before the fire!
www.edp24.co.uk/news/chapters-in-the-varied-history-of-no...
Laura Cooper - the five library mosaics
Currently on display in the Millennium Library, Norwich
Around the time I first registered these mosaics, my sister was taking part in her school's production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" - and, for me, the two have been associated ever since!
The fifty-year story of their creation, near-destruction, incarceration and eventual restoration is told in this Press Release...
www.norfolk.gov.uk/news/2017/08/original-mosaics-designed...
... and this article, from the local press..
www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/mosaics-rescued-from-norwic...
...........................
No doubt blame for the delay will be put down to difficulties in contacting the artist!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106969/Bill-Laurel-Coop...
But for an idea of her persistence, there's a lovely interview with Laurel Cooper and Bill, her husband (who died in March 2016), on the BBC website...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-17084308
Just to round this off, here's how the old Central Library looked - before the fire!
www.edp24.co.uk/news/chapters-in-the-varied-history-of-no...