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24/06/2026

🌟 Our current project is well underway, with the Creative Placements team preparing the next illuminated arch, which will have a brand-new theme… 👀

🪚⛏️ The team have been hard at work on a range of skilled tasks, with Quinn on the electrics, Tom on the arch woodwork, Liam dismantling pallets and Jayne creating digital nature designs.

💫 The installation will be on display at Newcastle's NOVUM Festival from 7th–9th August.

🌈 Altogether, there will be four illuminated arches, each with a different theme, offering a fully interactive sensory experience for festival-goers through lights, sounds, and textures.

💞 This project is a collaboration with Arcadea Disability Arts and Gosforth Civic Theatre, funded by Newcastle City Council. We are currently delivering workshops in Newcastle, with more taking place over the coming weeks, giving people the opportunity to gain work experience in the creative industries while contributing to a community project.

🚀 It will be a spectacular addition to the NOVUM festival in August, and we can't wait for everyone to experience it!

16/06/2026

🌈 The next arch for NOVUM Festival funded by Newcastle City Council is underway… Can you tell what the next theme will be? 🍁

🔬 The Creative Placements Team has been experimenting with different materials to create unique effects using colour, light and texture.

🫶🏼 This arch will be co-created by Newcastle communities, Gosforth Civic Theatre and Arcadea Disability Arts, building on the foundations of Project Equinox.

🌟 Just like the Equinox arches, this installation is expected to be a stunning, interactive illumination that offers a sensory experience at events taking place later this year.

27/05/2026

💫 What an amazing weekend it’s been for the Creative Placements Team!

🌈 The team installed their Equinix Lights archways at One Big Summer – part of the Radio 1 Big Weekend celebrations at Keel Square in Sunderland.

📸☀️ Awesome photo shoots were taken under the radiant Sun arch
🌙🪩 People partied under the Moon arch’s glitter ball
🌳💗 And the Tree arch made the perfect optical sensory piece for families

💪🏻 The installations were enjoyed by thousands of festival-goers over the weekend and the team absolutely smashed it!

🙏 Thank you to Sunderland City Council for giving us the opportunity to showcase our work.

Stages Sunderland

07/05/2026

🚀 After months of creating these spectacular arches from upcycled scrap materials, the Creative Placements Team is now upgrading each installation in preparation for future events.

🔩 Dean is adding strong T-nuts to the sun arch to firmly secure the tetrahedron light fixtures.

💦 Tom is applying silicone sealing to the edges of the tetrahedrons to make them waterproof and more durable.

🪾 The team is also adding braces to the inside of the tree arch to reinforce the projecting leaves and branches.

🎸✨ The three arches will be exhibited at Radio One’s Big Weekend in a couple of weeks, where they will be installed for an extended period, so they’ll need to stand the test of time!

🎪 All of our installations are available to hire for any type of event! Public or private, big or small - anywhere in the UK. If you’re an event organiser interested in a unique installation, get in touch with Workshop Manager Anna for a quote or to explore the installations we currently have available.

📱 Contact Anna on 07947 992849 or email [email protected].

27/04/2026

✨ Close ups of the amazing light installations last week

Psst, keep a lookout for .food.fridays next month’s event The Rodeo on Facebook 🤠🐎

25/04/2026

🚀 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! MADEby’s Creative Placements have crafted the last installation for Project Equinox: Illuminating Futures.

“It has been a great project to be part of a team that started by looking at different lighting effects and did various experiments. The guys then delivered their first community workshops to help with the final design of the installation. “ - Luke, Creative Lead Support Mentor.

🪩 The moon was side lit using addressable LEDs, that the team are enjoying using, causing the etchings to glow. The latest arch also included a disco ball as well as tactile reflective colour shifting panels on the inside.

🌈 In the inside of the moon’s crescent arches clear acrylic sheets are used and covered with crumpled dichroic film to give a textured effect and feel.

♻️ The wooden frame of the installation is made using recycled materials. The clear acrylic on the front of the moons that were etched were also recycled from off cuts that was provided by Creative Graphics.

13/04/2026

🙌 We bring you… Part II of *Project Equinox: Illuminating Futures*!

✨ Introducing our stunning tree arch installation – a true centrepiece inspired by the beauty of spring 🌿

🌈🍃 Carefully crafted to curve around the arch, each leaf is made from coloured film, creating mesmerising opalescent light effects. By playing with reflection and diffusion, the installation comes alive with vibrant, ever-changing visuals.

🌟 This was a fun, creative project by the entire Creative Placements Team. Now, we look forward to lighting it up in future events as we will have something else in store at our next Street Food Fridays: Moonlight Market on the 24th April 🌔

👏 Well done to everyone who got involved, including the Inspiring Lives and thank you to the Arts Council, who have funded this project to make it possible.

09/04/2026

⏳ The countdown to showtime is on for our next Spring event installation!

💫 The Creative Placements Team have been hard at work on Part II of Project Equinox: Illuminating Futures, an Arts Council-funded community project that has already been an incredible journey.

🌈🍃 This latest display takes the form of a spring-inspired nature arch, complete with trees, leaves, and some truly magical lighting effects.

👨‍🎨 The dedication behind every detail is clear, with each piece carefully crafted - including Dean, who has been meticulously spray-painting components to bring the vision to life.

⭐🎪 The finished installation will take centre stage tomorrow at Baccanalia’s Street Food Carousel in Stanley.

31/03/2026

🌟 And voilà! Our showstopper made its big reveal last Friday at Bishop Auckland Marketplace for our very first Street Food Fridays!

💖📸 What a spectacle it was… drawing in people of all ages and becoming a picture-perfect spot for families, couples, and friends to capture a special moment.

🌈☀️ The Equinox Light installation, designed as a giant sun arch, featured dynamic multi-lighting effects and was sustainably built using reclaimed materials saved from scrap.

🎨 The display showcased intricate artwork created by Bishop Auckland College’s Aspire group during a S.T.E.A.M workshop. Their designs were scanned and printed by Cre8ive Graphics onto specialist boards, then carefully cut and assembled into the striking tetrahedrons forming the arch.

🤝🏻 A true collaborative effort, the project brought together community creativity, teamwork, and the science of light and colour. Huge well done to our Creative Placements Team!

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Unit 4A Laurel Way Industrial Estate
Bishop Auckland
DL147NF

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+447939988210

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http://www.bridgecreative.org/

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