About Vera Boing                                                             ( photo Pascha du Valentine )      

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Studied a foundation couse in Art & Design at Winchester School of Art, and Graduated from Bradford and Ilkley Community College in 1990 with a B.A. honours degree in Art & Design. In the course of her studies developed a passion for welding, creating life sized abstract figurative sculptures from re-cycled materials. During this time also worked with Raise the Roof- a stage production and design company, and toured with Skinning the Cat - an aerial trapeze troop.

Diversified to create fire sculptures for events in England, and later throughout Europe, including “Blast-off ‘94” at Tacheles, Berlin, and a number of events on M.S Stubnitz, Kulturschiff, Rostock. She settled for nine years in Berlin, where she was involved with and initiated a variety of community art projects, also working for a couple of years at the R.A.W. Tempel, Community Arts Centre. She participated in the annual Rest-cycling festival, and created costumes and floats for the Karneval der Kulturen. During this time she also completed a welding course to develop techniques and good practise.

In 2004 she moved back to England to study an Art & Design P.G.C.E. (secondary level) in Brighton, and spent several years teaching in schools throughout Sussex. Currently self employed she has run creative workshops at festivals and events, as well as creating walkabout performance pieces and fire-sculptures. She also worked for the Wishing Tree Trust - providing mask making workshops at activity holidays, aimed to support families to overcome crisis.

Vera Boing is the working and performing name of Jane Waudby ( B.A. Hons, P.G.C.E.) who lives with her two teenage children. Her pieces are created from cutlery, domestic appliances and other tools found in the kitchen - the traditional domain of women and mothers.
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