Detail View: SHIMMER: Flight
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Title:
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Flight
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Creation Date:
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2003
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Dimensions:
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1.8 m high x 1.8 m x 1.8 m - sculpture , 1 m high x 90 cm square - pedestal
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Image Date:
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2008
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Period:
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21st century
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Location:
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Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Material:
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mild steel - galvanised , bronze
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Display Creator:
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MAYNE, David
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Image ID:
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d077f
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Description:
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General view of site - a small island at one side of the Lake accessed via a footbridge. Location: On the high point of a small island just off the north-east shore of the lake. Access by foot from the junction of Gliwice Way and Lakeside Boulevard. A footbridge gives access to the island from the lakeside footpath. Description: Five silhouettes of flying birds, cut from stainless steel, and bent and welded together to form a group flying in opposite directions. Mounted on a square stainless steel plinth set on a circle of concrete around which is a bronze ring. This ring is decorated with wild life subjects that might appear at the lake; this include various birds, fish, a rowing boat, a canoe, a butterfly and bird footprints. Inscription: On the bronze ring around the base of the sculpture is a segment with the following inscription: BUILT ON THE SITE OF A FORMER AIRFIELD THE LAKE IS NOW HOME / TO A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE. YOU WILL OFTEN SEE THE FOLLOWING / BIRDS: MUTE SWAN, CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, TUFTED DUCK, / SHOVELER, MOORHEN, COOT & SAND MARTIN. ARTWORK ON THIS RING / WAS PROVIDED BY CHILDREN FROM LAKESIDE PRIMARY, ST PETER'S / ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL & HALL CROSS LOWER SCHOOL Commission: Doncaster Town Council. Part of the redevelopment of a large area south-east of Doncaster centre, formerly occupied by a civil airfield and RAF Doncaster during World War II. The airfield closed in 1992.
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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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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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MAYNE, David
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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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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Public art -- England -- Doncaster
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Subject Heading:
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Sculpture -- 2000-2100
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Subject Heading:
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Animals in art
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Subject Heading:
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Urban renewal -- England (South Yorkshire)
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