Oasis Academy Lord's Hill Pre-School

created between 2012 and 2015 in partnership with Oasis Academy Lords Hill students.
a strong sense of optimism towards potential transformation and change.
Alex and the students came to the conclusion that they wanted to concentrate on a strong sense of hope that circumstances may change and be transformed.
The butterfly is the ideal representation of transition, and this speaks loudly to our faith in children and young adults and their capacity for growth and for emerging from the past into a better future.
The Swallowtail is one of our rarest and biggest natural butterflies.
The Norfolk Broads in East Norfolk are home to the fens of the British race, or subspecies britannicus.
Most British butterfly watchers rank seeing the adult butterflies soar vigorously over the Norfolk Broads as one of their favourite experiences.
For this subspecies, 2013, which saw observations from 13 sites in Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent as well as one site in Buckinghamshire, was remarkable.
These encounters featured signs of egg laying, and the subsequent larvae and pupae were observed until spring 2014.
A solitary continental Swallowtail was spotted and captured on camera on April 14th, 2014, in the Hampshire-based Magdalen Hill Down Butterfly Conservation site.
Alex Jones, a British wood sculptor who was classically trained and was born in 1966, employs these age-old techniques to produce compelling, creative contemporary sculptures.
Jones worked as an apprentice for Peter Turing, a wood carving in West Sussex, for a year after receiving his degree from City & Guilds Art College in London in 1991.
Since 1992, he has made Winchester his home, focusing mostly on private commissions and public exhibitions while challenging viewers' views of the natural environment.
Since 1992, Jones has produced several sculptures for a variety of public clients, such as the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the White House Private Members Club, Twyford Church, South Harting Primary School, and the King Edward VI School Southampton (coats of arms).