Artist: Mike Pringle
Swindon-based artist and historian Mike Pringle he has been a professional designer and artist for many years. He has designed and illustrated all sorts of work, including material for Thomas the Tank Engine and more recently a number of memorials around the parks of Swindon. Mike is heavily involved with the volunteer-run Richard Jefferies Museum in Swindon, which celebrates the local Victorian writer, whose words and passion for nature, and our relationship to it, are more important today than ever. Mike used this as his inspiration for his Swindog design, which reflects the local nature, both wild and agricultural, plus the industrial world that sits in the midst of it all.

Sponsor: Persimmon
Persimmon is one of the UK’s leading housebuilders with a mission to build homes with quality their customers can rely on at a price they can afford. They operate from 31 regional offices throughout the UK, trading under the brand names of Persimmon Homes, Charles Church and Westbury Partnerships. The Wessex regional business is based in Malmesbury, and is building new homes on a number of sites in Swindon including Stanton Chase and Badbury Park.