19 Monday Oct 2015
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bouquet, British History, British Monarchy, Cathedral Gardens Leicester, crown, flowers, Leicester, Leicester Cathedral, Richard III, sculpture, statue
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Out and About.
12 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in Out and About.
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Antony Gormley, Birmingham, Iron: Man, public art, Queen Victoria, sculpture, The Iron Man, Victoria Square Birmingham
“Iron: Man” by Antony Gormley.
25 Saturday Apr 2015
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architecture, Birmingham, British Monarchy, Council House Birmingham, Flag of Birmingham, flags, public art, Queen Victoria, sculpture, statue, Victoria Square Birmingham, Victorian., Victoriana
Note the civic flag of the city of Birmingham flying over Council House.
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
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allegorical figure, beard, Dundee, moustache, Persian slippers, Queen Victoria, sculpture, slippers, statue, Statue of Queen Victoria, turban, Victorian., Victoriana
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Photo Archive.
06 Friday Mar 2015
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allegorical figure, beer bottle, Bronze, George Stephenson, John Graham Lough, Newcastle, sculpture, Steam Train, Trains., Victorian., Victoriana
The Victorian Web reminded me that this allegorical figure, representing an engineer, sits at the base of the Stephenson Memorial. I think it was the beer bottle that attracted my initial attention, because I neglected to photograph the other three allegorical figures at the base of the sculpture or the larger than life George Stephenson which towers over them. Stephenson was a railway pioneer, I think it’s fair to say, since he was mind behind the Stockton to Darlington Railway and The Rocket locomotive. The statue is by Northumbrian sculptor John Graham Lough.
28 Saturday Feb 2015
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Brian Fell, Cardiff, Cardiff Bay, face, memorial, Merchant Navy, Merchant Seafarer's War Memorial Cardiff Bay, prow, public art, sculpture
Viewed from the landward side.
Lost at sea memorials.com informs me that this breathtaking sculpture is by Brian Fell and that it is dedicated to the “MEMORY OF THE MERCHANT SEAFARERS FROM THE PORTS OF BARRY PENARTH CARDIFF WHO DIED IN TIMES OF WAR”. On this particular occasion I approached the memorial from the landward side, having visited the Pierhead Building, and was struck by the beauty of the face at rest, which merges into the distinctive prow of a ship. If you walk around to what you might call the Bay side of the sculpture, the features of the face are completely erased and you are confronted with something that could be the hull of a vessel that ran aground in front of the National Assembly of Wales/Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru building yesterday.
From the Bay side.
21 Saturday Feb 2015
Posted in Souvenirs.
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Art, Coast, fairy tales, Gulliver's Travels, Paddington Bear, Sand Sculpture Festival Weston-Super-Mare, Sand Sculptures, sculpture, Seaside., Souvenirs, Ted, Weston, Weston-Super-Mare
To quote from the programme, “The success of the festival is down to a combination of world champion sculptors, a great team of planners and designers, an unbeatable technical crew and of course the very special Weston sand”. This was my first sand sculpture festival and I was suitably impressed.
“Gulliver’s Travels” by Radek Zivny, “a skilled carver he has produced interesting work all over the world, receiving awards for his craft in Vancouver, Moscow and Spain”.
The sand sculptures were obscured from view, from the promenade and the beach, by a blue fence that gives very little away. Armed with my 50p off leaflet I took a gamble and paid £3 to a chap in an orange t-shirt who offered me a pair of protective glasses to keep the sand out of my eyes [something I had not considered]. Also stationed at the entrance was an adorable Paddington Bear created by Rachel Stubbs, which was one of my favourites.
“Paddington Bear” by Rachel Stubbs.
“The Brothers Grimm Fairytales” by Laura Scavuzzo and Susanne Paucker.
What can be done with sand is absolutely astounding. “The Brothers Grimm Fairytales” fairy tale castle, was one of the most remarkable, in terms of scale; it literally towered over one. I don’t think I noted all the fairy tales incorporated into the design, but I certainly spotted Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty.
If you want to know more about the festival have a look at their website:
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
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Battle of Britain, Battle of Britain Memorial, Bronze, day dreaming, London, memorial, public art, rain drops, sculpture, Second World War, Trains., Victoria Embankment, Weather
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Photo Archive.
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
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Battle of Britain Memorial, Bronze, London, pilots, public art, Rain, rain drops, Royal Air Force, sculpture, Second World War, The Few, Victoria Embankment, Weather
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Photo Archive.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
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Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Abbot Samson, architecture, Bury St Edmunds, English Heritage, Moyse's Hall Museum, Museums, Ruins, sculpture, statue
One of the walls marking the former abbey precincts.
To quote from English Heritage’s website, “The spectacular west front [of the Benedictine Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds] was completed around the turn of the 13th century under Abbot Samson, who added a great central tower and lower octagonal towers to either side. He also improved the accommodation including a new hall, the Black Hostry, to house the abbey’s many monastic visitors“. Abbot Samson can be seen here, in a corner of the Moyse’s Hall Museum, which sits at the heart of Bury St. Edmunds, holding a model of his creation.
To quote from the description of the former abbey site today on English Heritage’s website, “Enough remains of the abbey church to suggest it was an impressive structure. At over 150 metres long the church was one of only a few of its date to be built on such a large scale in this country” and I would agree that what ruins point to Abbot Samson’s Abbey being as grand as English Heritage and the statue in the Moyse’s Hall Museum suggest.
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