David Appleyard is an artist with a background in three-dimensional design. Since establishing his studio in 2007, David has developed an eclectic portfolio of creative projects for the public realm and private collections. His on-going creative practice strives to communicate ideas and narratives through the development and production of three-dimensional works and temporary installations.
David Appleyard is an artist with a background in three-dimensional design. Since establishing his studio in 2007, David has developed an eclectic portfolio of creative projects for the public realm and private collections. His on-going creative practice strives to communicate ideas and narratives through the development and production of three-dimensional works and temporary installations.
Since 2007, David's creative practice has been focused on the design and delivery of projects for our public realm. Storytelling with objects and three-dimensional installations is at the heart of his creative work and he strives to communicate ideas and narratives through the design and production of sculpture, light installations and temporary time-based projects. David believes that artwork within a shared space should engage people at various levels. From a fleeting glance to an up-close inspection, he aims to create work which adds a distinctive sense of fun, quality and individual narrative to each location. Research, engagement and collaboration inform everything and can only add to the building of a sense of pride, ownership and celebration.
The individual heritage of a site is often used as a catalyst for the development and production of permanent creative legacies that now occupy a wide range of spaces within our shared landscape.
The studio continues to grow with a range of exciting new projects, interesting collaborations and studio experiments.
David Appleyard
Born -
In the summertime 1978
Education -
BA (Hons) Industrial Design - Sheffield Hallam University - 2000
MA Design - Sheffield Hallam University - 2006
PGCE - 2006 – 2008 - Sheffield Hallam University
Teaching
2011 - Ongoing - Associate Lecturer – BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design - Sheffield Hallam University
Sep 2006 –July 2011 - Year Tutor – BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design - Leeds College of Art and Design
2004 – 2006- Associate Lecturer – BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design - Sheffield Hallam University
Awards
2018 - Sheffield Design Awards / Keith Hayman Award for Public Art - Winner
2018 - Sheffield Design Awards / Open Space Award - Winner
2017 - Honourary Merthyrboy / Merthyr Rising Festival / Hwyl Hub
Completed Projects
App 038 - What the Botanist Saw - Chester Zoo - 2018
App 037 - Project F.A.R – A research mission to low orbit - Central Bedfordshire Council - 2018
App 036 - 1:50 Merthyr Hearts - Edition of 50 - David Appleyard -2017
App 035 - Terms and Conditions Apply - Norton Priory Museum and Gardens - 2017
App 034 - Time in the Ice House - Norton Priory Museum and Gardens - 2017
App 033 - Spinning Tops - Laycocks Building, Sheffield - Watkin Jones and Son Ltd - 2017
App 032 MERTHYR SHINES - - Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council - 2016
App 031 – MERTHYR HAS AN IRON HEART - Merthyr County Borough Council - 2016-2017
App 030 – PLANTABLES - University of Sheffield - 2018
App 029 – CowPYE for Chesterton - ZVI Construction Co. LLC - 2016
App 028 – Cosmic Blueberries - Sculpture and Landscape Design - Sheffield University - 2016
App 027 – June - Printing Experiments - David Appleyard - 2016
App 026 – Birds 2016... - David Appleyard - 2016
App 025 – Island - CNC Experiments - David Appleyard - 2016
App 024 - Cosmic Antler Soup – Gates - Sheffield Hallam University - 2016
App 023 - Website, branding and social media - David Appleyard - 2014
App 022 - A Hut for E and I - David Appleyard - 2014
App 021 - 19:55 – Kings Reach town centre development project
App 020 - Asterism #2 - Carved Sandstone Pillars - Edward Street Park, Sheffield City Council - Installed 2016
App 019 - ‘Bilbo’ (Bollards) – Sheffield Business Park – 2010 - 2015
App 018 - Asterism #I – Print Edition of 1 – Donated for auction - Yorkshire ArtSpace - 2014
App 017 - NURP 40 TW 194 (Sculpture) - West Bletchley Council - 2014
App 016 - Le Bastard – Boundary - Portobello Street, Sheffield City Council - 2014
App 015 - Dennis – Seating - Galvanize Festival of Contemporary Metal and Sheffield Millenium Galleries - 2014
App 014 - Terriers (Sculpture) – Navigational markers - Wakefield Council - 2013
App 013 - Scatter - Care Home Boundary – Worcester – 2013
App 012a - Bunting (Sculpture) - Sanctuary Care Homes – Sheffield - 2012
App 012b - Lovebirds Bench - Sanctuary Care Homes – Sheffield – 2012
App 011 - Lucky Birds - Edition of 10 plus 5 artist proofs - PW10 (Persistence Works 10th Anniversary - 2010
App 010 - Street Furniture - Parsons Cross Library - Sheffield City Council - 2011
App 009 - Californian Fruits (121 x Sculptures) – Whitefield Park, Whitefield - Bury Council - 2010
App 008 - Factory Girls (Sculpture) - The Lowry – Unlocking Salford Quays, Salford 2011
App 007 - WCLQ (Sculpture) – The Adelaide Health Care Centre – Southampton – Sculpture - 2010
App 006a - Sculptural shelter, Phillimore Park, Sheffield – – 2010
App 006b - Stacks (Bollards) - Phillimore and Darnall Park, Sheffield, 2010
App 006c - Earthworks with integrated sculpture - Phillimore Park, Sheffield - 2010
App 006d - Sandstone seating - Darnall Park - Sheffield - 2010
App 005 - Fractals – Sculpture for Building Schools for the Future Project – Silverdale School Sheffield – Taylor Woodrow - 2009
App 004 - 75-metre sculptural boundary - Endcliffe Park Playground, Sheffield City Council - 2008
App 003 - New Roots (Sculpture) - Houghton Hall Park, Houghton Regis - 2008
App 002 - Bright and Bold – Architectural facade for two small structures at Barnsley Civic and Mandela Gardens, Barnsley - 2007
App 001 - Bubbles, Butterflies and Ivy (Waymarkers), Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail, Clitheroe, Lancashire - 2007
App 000 - Runaway Goat - Various engagement projects with schools and community groups – 2005 - 2007
