Public art & sculpture · East Midlands
A Spire for Mansfield
A Spire for Mansfield in England East Midlands, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
A Spire for Mansfield is a public sculpture in England East Midlands, United Kingdom. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
A Spire for Mansfield, also shortened to A-Spire was a 13-metre (42.7-foot) sculpture appearing as a large metallic feather at the edge of the town centre of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. It was officially endorsed by the then-mayor, Tony Egginton, and Mansfield District Council. The sculpture was installed in 2007 as the third piece of public artwork in Mansfield during a sequence, and was removed in 2024 on safety grounds.
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Background
History
The sculpture was created by two artists; Wolfgang Buttress and Heron, and was intended to mark the legacy of local coal mining, the canaries once taken underground, Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, and Mansfield's engineering traditions. The tines of the feather were cut by laser from 3mm stainless steel and were meant to "capture the breeze" and allow the sculpture to gently sway, portraying the branches of a tree. The highly polished stainless steel aimed to reflect the light and act as "a counterpart to the surrounding trees".
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.1474, -1.1999
- Official site
- www.mansfield.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4659754 (CC0)
- wikipedia: A Spire for Mansfield (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is A Spire for Mansfield?
- A Spire for Mansfield is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.1474°, -1.1999°.