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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: | Next to slipway, 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 : | Teresa Martin |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Name : | Steve Geliot |
| Company/Group : | PRC Fewster: Adrian Morton |
| Role: | Landscape Architect |
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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: | Hollow rounded cone shaped structure, pierced with zig-zag slits to reveal interior. |
| Iconographical description: | Sculptures refer to ‘…patterns on the riverbed created by tidal action, the play of light on water, the vegetation on the riverbank, the shapes created by the processes of erosion and silting….[Martin] also makes reference to the recent archaeological excavation of Ropetackle, likening the internal cavities of the highly textured surface of her work to the smugglers’ tunnels running under the town.’ |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Free Standing, Abstract, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Symbolic |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Cast iron and bronze resin |
| Height (cm): | 224 |
| Width (cm): | 400 |
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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 cast concrete contains pea shingle and imported aggregates inc. Italian green marble and Spanish white marble.
'Teresa Martin’s cast resin sculpture is sited at the slipway. Although abstract in form, it draws on key elements in the immediate landscape: the patterns on the riverbed created by tidal action, the play of light on water, the vegetation on the riverbank, the shapes created by the processes of erosion and silting. Teresa also makes reference to the recent archaeological excavation at Ropetackle, likening the internal cavities of the highly textured surface of her work to the smugglers tunnels running under the town. ''Pattern is a constant theme in my work, in particular the patterns of the natural world. In recent years I have enjoyed experimenting with the casting process, and I am continually expanding the possibilities for moulds and materials in order to create new forms and unique textures.'' ('Sculpture at Ropetackle'. www.teresa-martin.co.uk) |
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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 |
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