COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Bow Works Gates
title
Bow Works Gates
Title
false
Creation Date:
1993
creation_date
1993
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
1994
image_date
1994
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:
steel - stainless , bronze
material
steel - stainless , bronze
Material
false
Display Creator:
JOHNSON, Michael
display_creator
JOHNSON, Michael
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
94-1451
image_id
94-1451
Image ID
false
Description:
Detail view showing three of the 'shepherd's crook' features. Location: Bow Works, Norwich Union, courtyard entrance, Pomona Street. Description: Two open-work gates are fitted into an archway inscribed 'Bow Works'. A series of vertical steel bars have a crook-shaped end which is joined to the straight end of another bar by an infill of rough cast bronze. Commission: Norwich Union. Comment: Artist says the listed building status precluded any new work other than the necessary security gates. The design uses the conventions of upright bars and repeated motif found in most gates. However, the Bow Works arch became the particular motif, compressed and reduced in scale, to serve as individual enclosures for raw bronze castings. The repetition of the casting process gives an organic quality to an otherwise rigid structure.
description
Detail view showing three of the 'shepherd's crook' features. Location: Bow Works, Norwich Union, courtyard entrance, Pomona Street. Description: Two open-work gates are fitted into an archway inscribed 'Bow Works'. A series of vertical steel bars have a crook-shaped end which is joined to the straight end of another bar by an infill of rough cast bronze. Commission: Norwich Union. Comment: Artist says the listed building status precluded any new work other than the necessary security gates. The design uses the conventions of upright bars and repeated motif found in most gates. However, the Bow Works arch became the particular motif, compressed and reduced in scale, to serve as individual enclosures for raw bronze castings. The repetition of the casting process gives an organic quality to an otherwise rigid structure.
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
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
JOHNSON, Michael
creator
JOHNSON, Michael
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
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:
Bronze founding
subject_heading
Bronze founding
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Gates -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Gates -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Corporate sponsorship
subject_heading
Corporate sponsorship
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Percent for Art
subject_heading
Percent for Art
Subject Heading
false