Trapdoor to a Fantastical County Durham
28th March – 18th April 2026
Community Space at the Courtyard Gallery, Palace Green, Durham
Plasticine sculptures, digital interactive world and AR walk. More details coming soon.
28th March, 11am-12.30pm
Make a Plasticine Monster: drop-in workshop for children and adults
The Digital World will launch on 28th March 2026 on this page
Trapdoor to a Fantastical County Durham presents a fantastical world of monsters, shapeshifting as physical sculptures, Augmented Reality (AR) creatures and as inhabitants of a 3D digital world. Created by students in schools across Country Durham, the monsters represent playful, and sometimes scary, mythical and nostalgic creatures who usually remain hidden within our imagination.
Trapdoor to a Fantastical County Durham is a collaboration between Paul Raymond and Strange Quark, an artist studio composed of James Stephen Wright and Polina Chizhova. The plasticine monsters were created by students at Walworth Primary School, Consett Academy, Wolsingham School and Durham 6th Form Centre.