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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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