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Local Artist’s Charity Auction
Local Artist Featured In Charity Auction
former firefighter s helmet has been turned into a piece of art by Thetford artist Sandra Clabburn to raise money for charity. Norfolk Fire Service invited artists from across the county and UK to submit designs for the helmets recently replaced by newer uniform. Sandra began painting 6 years ago as a hobby, but after being made redundant she focused on her painting and started attending local fairs around Thetford to exhibit her work. When the fairs came to halt because of Covid, Sandra had more time to re ect at home and this is when she started to create Chakra themed paintings based around different spiritual energies to help with mindfulness, inner strength, and mental wellbeing. It was during this time a friend sent Sandra an advert from the Fire Service for Ashes to Art where they were looking for local artists to paint old fire helmets to turn them into works of art so they could be auctioned to raise funds for the Fire Fighters Charity and Break.
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Sandra decided to apply and came up with a design to incorporate some of the Chakra themes. “I submitted my application and was excited and proud to hear I had been picked as one of the artists to take part” she said. The helmet was delivered a few weeks later and as soon as Sandra started work on it, she said she felt an emotional connection to the fire fighters who had worn this helmet and how it had protected them while they risked their lives to help others, “this helped me as I created my piece of artwork”.
Sandra’s artwork - titled ‘Spirit Tree’ Thetford artist, Sandra Clabburn with her artwork at the pre sale exhibition in Norwich
Once complete all the helmets were put on display in Norwich and auctioned off with a target to raise 000. The final amount raised was 1 for the charities with Sandra s submission raising . To find out more about Sandra s work visit her Thetford Raj QP Nov/Dec 21.qxp_Layout 1 06/10/2021 Facebook page; @ArtySanGallery
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