Played and Remade
Elton John – Rocketman – Played and Remade – Created from 100% recycled and reworked piano parts
Elton John – Rocketman
Played and Remade – The Piano Shop Bath
Created from 100% recycled and reworked piano parts and my heart and soul from January to April 2024.
I am honoured to have been invited by Jon Kelly of The Piano Shop Bath to create artwork for his inspired ‘Played and Remade’ project.
To rework pianos that have come to the end of their time and give them new life as a piece of art is a wonderful thing and I have been passionately inspired and driven.
Working from a new studio at the Red House Glass Cone Museum, Stourbridge I had space for the dismantling of parts, machining, painting and fixing.
My Vision for the face as a mosaic came to life as I hand cut over 800 (1cm) cube blocks from the piano keys.
Each block was cut by hand with a tenon saw, filed to smooth and take edges off, then hand chiseled to follow the facial features.
Fixing them to the Baby Grand Piano ‘canvas’ with glue and panel pins, then individually punching in the pins, filling and painting.
This artwork is for sale exclusively from Played and Remade – The Piano Shop Bath. Link HERE
