Charles Square Mural - 1999. Commissioned by Hackney Council's Land Use and Transportation department. Ceramic Mural using on-glaze enamels measuring 22m long by 2m high. The imagery depicts the lives and history of residents of Charles Square in Hoxton, London, UK. Sited to the rear of Vince Court on Old Street, N1. - Scroll right for more details.

The image is comprised of four panels each illustrating a side of the square with an inset panel detailing particular points in the square's history. Going backwards in time the mural starts with the modern housing that makes up the square now taking over from the neglected buildings of before. Inserted is a cabinet makers factory which was the main industry in the Hoxton area up until recently.

The next panel shows the square as it was in Victorian times with the one remaining Georgian building shown on the left. The central panel depicts a resident of the square - Fredrick Catherwood -an architect, artist -specializing in panoramas of the ancient world, and the rediscoverer of the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan. The next panel depicts the last time when Hoxton was the most desirable address in -

London -and shows the square as it was laid out by Mr Charles in the early 1700's. The last panel depicts Hoxton when it as a village outside London and Hoxton fields were used by the men of the city to practice with the longbow. The central panel depicts a Mr Barlo -winning a famous archery contest in the 1600's.