Detail View: SHIMMER: Timber Bench
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Title:
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Timber Bench
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Caption:
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The Riddle Trail in the Botanical Gardens
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Creation Date:
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2004
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Image Date:
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2005
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Period:
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21st century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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wood - red oak
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Display Creator:
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FRISBY ; JENNER ; HUNTER
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Image ID:
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05-0877
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Description:
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Exterior detail: part of the carved bench. Description: The Botanical Gardens, Sheffield. Description: The bench is composed of a twisting branch and a plank sawn from the same tree. The plank is supported in several places, by the branch which forms a back for the seat, and the bench is set on five metal poles sunk into the ground. Tiny woodland creatures have been carved into its surfaces. Inscription: Carved along the curved back of bench: "Now follow a dinosaur, steady and slow / To a tree that lived / millions of years ago". Commission: This piece is part of 'The Riddle Trail' consisting of eight newly commissioned artworks bearing riddles written by the poet Berlie Doherty and funded by Signposts, a Sheffield-based arts organisation. The project was commissioned by the Botanical Gardens Trust and initiated by Sheffield's 'Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading' in 1999. Funding the Arts Council and the Regional Arts Lottery Programme. Comment: Made from a tree which formerly grew in the Gardens.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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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 >."
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Related Information:
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The Riddle Trail. For more details on see < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/riddletrail.html >
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Photographed by:
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Simon Quinn
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Creator:
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HUNTER, Nick
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Creator:
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FRISBY, Brian and Sue JENNER
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Creator Role:
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Designers.
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Subject Heading:
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Public sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Parks -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Gardens -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Urban parks -- England -- Sheffield
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Subject Heading:
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Animals in art
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Subject Heading:
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Wood-carving
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