Sculptural play features
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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: | 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 : | Paul Harrington |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Name : | Steve Geliot |
| Company/Group : | PRC Fewster: Adrian Morton |
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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: | Large hinged mussel shape, hollowed out wooden shape and five arved posts intended as ‘…a tactile environment for children to climb over, hide in and sit on.’ (Art by the River) |
| Iconographical description: | Sculpture, ‘…draws on the simple forms of mussel shells, seaweed and the surrounding landscape of the river estuary.’ (Art by the River) |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Free Standing, Abstract, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Symbolic |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Hinge |
| Material: | Profiled rubber safety surfacing |
| Part 2: | Main structure |
| Material: | Cedar wood |
| Height (cm): | 126 |
| Width (cm): | 146 |
| Part 3: | Second structure |
| Material: | Cedar wood |
| Height (cm): | 90 |
| Width (cm): | 160 |
| Part 4: | 5 carved posts |
| Material: | Wood |
| Height (cm): | 140 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Graffiti |
| More details: | One post has painted graffiti |
| 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.
'Paul Harrington has created a feature, which draws on the simple forms of mussel shells, seaweed and the surrounding landscape of the river estuary. Working with profiled rubber safety surfacing and cedar wood, his aim was to produce a tactile environment for children to climb over, hide in and sit on. ''Mussel shells are common items on the beach. People pick them up, turn them over in their hands. I have tried to work with this sensual connection we have with objects by creating sculptures that people want to interact with.'' ('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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