Laurence Payot is working with Bewsey Lodge Primary School to create a video inspired by the wire heritage of Warrington.

They will create a wire factory for the future, thinking about how wire can be used to connect but also filter and divide, and imagine a new wire world, more connected and less divided…

Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Wire Works is a Warrington project designed to unearth, discover and celebrate Warrington’s industrial wire heritage through oral histories, creative workshops and large local events.

Below: Images from creative design session with Y5’s at Bewsey Lodge Primary School

1/ Looking at everyday objects containing metal, perforated metal sheets, mesh and wire:

2/ Connecting wires (moving together in harmony), dividing barriers (creating groups and divisions, e.g boys/girls, ready salted/cheese and onion):

3/ Designing a wire factory for a better future