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Title
The Wave
Date
2005
Medium
granite & stainless-steel
Measurements
H 246 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
WA10_FM_S006
Acquisition method
commissioned by CITE (Commissions in the Environment)
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
St Helens Borough Council
Custodian
St Helens Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
September 2005
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front, centre panel: The / sun / risi / ng a / golden / sky. / A / new / day / bring / ing / laughter / and enjoyment / gliding / like / bright / orange / birds / through / the air. / Music / shoot / ing / from / house / to / house / rumbling / in our / bellies, / in asking / us want / to dance, / to feel alive. / To be yjese / colours, / to map / around a soul / and never / let go. / To be in / this rainbow. / To be love.; front: Furnaces burn, / cullet glass / particles magically / appear. silver / glitter casc- / ading in the / sun light. / Pools of molton / glass and / flying sparks.; rear, centre panel: Let / there / be / peace / now / The stars / more / easily / seen. / Let / moon / light pour / upon the / silver / waves / crashing / back / and forth. / Let / our / town / be a / place / of / beauty / and / adven / ture, / wildlife / plants / and living / things. / Excitement / all around, / dancing / in the / autumn / leaves / A place / of health / and / learning / Let the world / be safe and shine.; rear: A whispering / stream swells / and deepens. Earth / borne upon / the back of / water. Reflec- / tions gaze up / at the factories / of themselves.
