Location: Along Stubbin Lane, from Firth Park roundabout up Barnsley Road to outside Longley 6th Form College.
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The Pavement Plates Project
Location: Along Stubbin Lane, from Firth Park roundabout up Barnsley Road to outside Longley 6th Form College.
Posh Pillar & her Daughters Project
Description: A recycled granite bank column with text and capped with small steel sculptures. Her daughters are smaller columns, in other types of stone, also with text and objects.
Location: Entrance to Wincobank Hill, Jenkin Road
The Star - crossed Queen Project
Description: An unofficial monument to the ancient but very human story of passion and scandal behind this historically important earthwork. An outdoor astronomical observatory or sky garden on the hillside.
Location: Roman Ridge, Wincobank
Location: Roman Ridge, Wincobank
The Lost Gateway Project
Description: The artwork proposed takes the form of an ‘ancient’ crumbling stone gateway with words inscribed on it. As part of the narrative we have developed, Woolley Woods is the ‘wood between the worlds’ where you can find portals into other universes. The text could relate to Norse language and the presence of wolves.
Location: Woolley Woods is an ancient woodland which is home to many species of bird such as kingfishers and woodpeckers. The name originally comes from the ancient word for wolves.
Location: Woolley Woods is an ancient woodland which is home to many species of bird such as kingfishers and woodpeckers. The name originally comes from the ancient word for wolves.
The Map Rock Project
Location: Within Firth Park itself, near the entrance to the First Start Centre. On a grassed area, by the railings, adjacent to the playground.
The Sun Apple Project
Description: This mini urban playful place would be based around a giant, steel fruit-like sculpture. This intervention would be one of a series designed to enhance pedestrian routes by creating new and revitalised places using hard and soft landscaping. Seating could also form part of the landscape design.
Location: Corner of Sicey Avenue and Fairthorn Road.
Brendan's Glove Garden Project
Description: Two large size sandstone seats carved as boxing gloves.
Location: Green space on corner of Newman Road and Barrow Road, Low Wincobank
Location: Green space on corner of Newman Road and Barrow Road, Low Wincobank
The Enchanted Chairs Project
Description: Cast iron and stone carved cluster of very different styles and scales in close proximity, a ‘U.N.’ gathering of seating of a contrasting and strange kind.
Location: Centenary Green - Green space opposite Wincobank Chapel
Location: Centenary Green - Green space opposite Wincobank Chapel
The Giant's Feet and Hands Project
Description: Large scale laser cut steel silhouettes of henna-style patterns with floral and fruit and other pattern content designed at Firth Park summer festival.
Location: Various sites around Firth Park and Wincobank
Location: Various sites around Firth Park and Wincobank
The Smelly Wellies Project
Description: Large, robust cast iron wellies, scented herb planted and neatly rowed, ready for wearing! Recurring items that appear at key points such as community buildings
Location: Various across Firth Park and Wincobank
Henna Hands Workshop at Firth Park Summer Festival 2009
6/11/09The first set of projects has been agreed and Y SO? are starting to work with the local communities on these - see posts below for more details...
Have a look at pictures from this year's summer festival in Firth Park...
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