Detail View: SHIMMER: Old Transformers

Title: 
Old Transformers
Creation Date: 
1989
Dimensions: 
7.3. m high
Image Date: 
2014
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Consett-Sunderland Cycle Path, Co. Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
mixed materials - reclaimed and recycled
Display Creator: 
KEMP, David Nathan
Image ID: 
14-0110
Description: 
View of one the sculptures looking along the cycle trail. The heads overlook the site previously occupied by Consett Steelworks. One of the heads is an iron master, the other a miner. One of the landmark sculptures on the Sustrans Trail which utilises the disused Consett-Sunderland Railway line.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
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 >."
Related Information: 
David Kemp. For more information see also < http://www.davidkemp.uk.com/ > . Sustrans website. For more information see < http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ >.
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
KEMP, David Nathan
Creator Dates - Born: 
1945
Creator Role: 
Sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Public art
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture trails
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Bicycle trails
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture -- Recycling
Subject Heading: 
Miners
Subject Heading: 
Iron and steel workers
Subject Heading: 
Tourism and art