COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
..lunches munches ..
title
..lunches munches ..
Title
false
Creation Date:
1997
creation_date
1997
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
1998
image_date
1998
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
stone
material
stone
Material
false
Display Creator:
HURFORD , HOCKTON
display_creator
HURFORD , HOCKTON
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
98-2168
image_id
98-2168
Image ID
false
Description:
Detail view. Section of the poem viewed upside down. Located in the middle of The Moor, Sheffield S1, opposite Matilda Street. Description: The poem is carved on 10 paving stones, which form part of a circle of paving surrounding a circular patch of stone setts, with a single paving stone circle at its centre. These stones mark the junction of the Moor with Matilda Street. Similar patterns of paving record the appearance of the other side streets to The Moor, a major pedestrianised shopping street in the middle of Sheffield. Each flag stone is a rhomboid in shape with its shorter sides slightly curved. The long straight sides are 1.18 m long, the letters are up to 13 cm high. The full text reads: "The city shops, stops to talk, walks on, lunches, munches, rushes, catches buses, smells a bargain, tells a story, whistles, hustles, / fusses over children, queues, loses track of time, browses, furnishes houses, tries shoes on, moves on. / RH" Commission: Moor Traders Association. % for art during a complete refurbishment of the street. A companion poem was installed nearby. Comment: The letters are spread over a wide area and, unless the light is strong or the sun low in the sky, they are not particularly easy to read from a single viewpoint.
description
Detail view. Section of the poem viewed upside down. Located in the middle of The Moor, Sheffield S1, opposite Matilda Street. Description: The poem is carved on 10 paving stones, which form part of a circle of paving surrounding a circular patch of stone setts, with a single paving stone circle at its centre. These stones mark the junction of the Moor with Matilda Street. Similar patterns of paving record the appearance of the other side streets to The Moor, a major pedestrianised shopping street in the middle of Sheffield. Each flag stone is a rhomboid in shape with its shorter sides slightly curved. The long straight sides are 1.18 m long, the letters are up to 13 cm high. The full text reads: "The city shops, stops to talk, walks on, lunches, munches, rushes, catches buses, smells a bargain, tells a story, whistles, hustles, / fusses over children, queues, loses track of time, browses, furnishes houses, tries shoes on, moves on. / RH" Commission: Moor Traders Association. % for art during a complete refurbishment of the street. A companion poem was installed nearby. Comment: The letters are spread over a wide area and, unless the light is strong or the sun low in the sky, they are not particularly easy to read from a single viewpoint.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Image Storage Location:
image_storage_location
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/98-2168.jpg
Image Storage Location
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
HOCKTON, Antonia
creator
HOCKTON, Antonia
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Stone-carver. Ex-student at Sheffield Hallam University.
creator_role
Stone-carver. Ex-student at Sheffield Hallam University.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Female.
culture_gender
Female.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Creator:
HURFORD, Richard
creator
HURFORD, Richard
Creator
false
Creator Dates - Born:
1952
creator_dates_born
1952
Creator Dates - Born
false
Creator Role:
Poet.
creator_role
Poet.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Poetry -- In art
subject_heading
Poetry -- In art
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Stone carving
subject_heading
Stone carving
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Pavements
subject_heading
Pavements
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Stone carving
subject_heading
Stone carving
Subject Heading
false