Carved wooden sculptures
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Location
Street: | Old Shoreham Road |
Town: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
Parish: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
Council: | Adur District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | BN43 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Outside building |
and in: | Road or Wayside |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Along sea wall, Riverside Walk, Ropetackle Development |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 151 |
Grid reference: | H6 |
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
Name : | Steve Geliot |
Company/Group : | PRC Fewster: Adrian Morton |
Name : | Anna Twinam-Cauchi |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; |
Commissioned also by: | Arts Council England SE, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); |
Construction period: | 2004-2005 |
Installation date: | 2005 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Adur District Council / Berkeley Homes |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | Shaped wooden posts grouped together in 8 sets of 2s and 3s along the sea wall. |
Iconographical description: | ‘…I (Twinam-Cauchi) realised the sea-defence timber has its own history, visible through its surface damage. I loved the idea of old materials having their own biography and carving the works I wanted to respond to this quality in the timber and find a way of introducing it into Ropetackle’s immaculate new environment.’ (Art by the River) |
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Classification
Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Sculptural, Abstract |
Object type1: | Street furniture |
Object subtype1: | Post |
Object type2: | Sculpture |
Object subtype1: | Post |
Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Sculpted posts - shortest |
Material: | Salvaged sea defence timber |
Height (cm): | 136 |
Part 2: | Sculpted posts - shortest |
Material: | Salvaged sea defence timber |
Height (cm): | 40 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Date of on-site inspection: | 04/01/2008 |
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History
History: | Commissioned by: Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); Arts Council England SE (contributed £23,500, added to money assigned by Berkley Homes).
The sculptures are carved from salvaged sea defence timber donated by Shoreham Port Authority, inc. greenheart; mahogany; blaugh, ecky. Twinam- Cauchi also designed: 28 oak and elm bollards for the seafront development in Brighton 1999 Stag’s Head, Buchan Country Park, Crawley (with Bill Hackney) 2004 (www.sussex-sculptor.co.uk) 'Anna Twinam-Cauchi’s carved wooden sculptures, are grouped in sets of two or three along the river wall. Hewn from salvaged timber sea-defences, the pieces emphasise the shapes and textures created by weathering. ''I selected salvaged rather than new wood when I realised the sea-defence timber had its own history, visible through its surface damage. I loved the idea of old materials having their own biography and in carving the works I wanted to respond to this quality in the timber, and find a way of introducing it into Ropetackle’s immaculate new environment.'' ('Sculpture at Ropetackle') |
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf |
Type: | Archive |
Publisher: | Adur District Council |
Source 2 : | |
Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf |
Type: | Archive |
Publisher: | Adur District Council |
Further information: | |
http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf#http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf# | |
http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf#http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf# | |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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