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© the copyright holders. Image credit: Annabel McCourt

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This artwork reflects aspects of local history, with the installation imprinted with split feathers which pay homage to the Norfolk tradition of travellers splitting the grey goose feather. The tradition dictated that any fellow person who produced a split feather and an accompanying secret password was guaranteed help, whatever the personal cost. Basing this piece at the station aims to build on this history and convey welcome, friendship, and assistance. Pupils from Eastgate and St Michael’s schools were engaged in the development of the designs, including by devising a contemporary secret code for the railway station artwork. Fabrication by Art Fabrications.
Title

Feather

Date

2024

Medium

Corten steel

Measurements

H 250 x W 90 x D (?) cm

Accession number

PN30_AM_S1003

Acquisition method

commissioned by Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk ‘Rail to River’ Public Art Project

Work type

Sculpture

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

June 2024

Access

at all times

Inscription description

The Norfolk tradition of the Grey Goose feather guaranteed unconditional assistance to any / fellow native who produced a split feather with the accompanying secret password

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Located at

Blackfriars Road, King's Lynn

PN30 1NX

Located at King’s Lynn railway station.