Description:
4 metre long X 2 metre wide steel fabricated boat form with cast bronze
figurehead. Set in Yorkstone paving
Theme: Saxon Queen of Mercia, Ethelfreda.
Commission Title:
Queen of Mercia
Sculptors:
Philip Bews and
Diane Gorvin
Production Period:
March - July 1994
Site:
Centenary Gardens - landscaped park adjacent to Manchester Ship Canal in
Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Commissioned By:
Halton Borough Council, with funding by Manchester Ship Canal Company
Production Method:
Phil’s design for steel boat frame fabricated by Oldroyd Bros., Ltd.,
Runcorn, also painted by sub contractor, and installation by fabricator.
Plaster original for figurehead made by artist with Diane Gorvin. Bronze
cast by Castle Fine Arts Foundry, Oswestry. Bronze installed by artist.
Concrete base installed by main civil engineering contractor.
