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visual for the Bridgnorth Sculpture, illustrating the siting and context of the piece

Richard Trevithick's Plaque

illuminating Bridgnorth's rich
heritage...

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above: visual for the Bridgnorth Sculpture, illustrating the site and context of the piece.

Bridgnorth - permanent artwork for
the Historic Shropshire Market Town

The proposed art work is for a public space, and takes to form of an abstracted tree. The work would be encountered as one leaves the car park area on route to Whitburn Street, via the existing pedestrian path.

The trunk and branches of the tree would have a surface width of 70mm, the same width as a railway line. This would allude to the three railway connections of the town, Richard Threvithick, The Seven Valley Railway and the Castle Hill Railway.

Each branch ends with a bronze plaque that illuminates key points in the town's rich history.

It is envisaged the plagues could be used to make rubbings from - thus making the art piece an interactive learning experience for visitors, especially school children.

At the base of the tree form is the following quote from Shakespeare’s Henry IV:

“On Thursday we ourselves will march;
Our meeting is Bridgnorth; and Harry, you
Shall march through Gloucestershire, by which account
Our business valued, some twelve days hence
Our general forces at Bridgnorth shall meet.”

visual for the Bridgnorth Sculpture; laid into the ground the work is 26m long.
above: visual for the Bridgnorth Sculpture; laid into the ground the work is 26m long.

photograph of the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.
above: photograph of the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.

It has been transporting the people up and down the sandstone cliffs that separate High Town from Low Town of Bridgnorth for over 100 years.

visual for one of the bronze ‘plaques’. Illustrating the funicular railway.

above: visual for one of the bronze ‘plaques’. Illustrating the funicular railway.

Text wraps around the circumference of the plague: It is taken from the original brochure printed for the opening of the railway.

“Explore… without the fatigue hitherto attendant upon a climb from the lower to higher town”

visual for a second bronze plaque
above: visual for a second bronze plaque:

This speaks of the English Civil War. Bridgnorth was a royalist stronghold. The parliamentarians undermined the town's Norman Keep and blew it up!

Reading about Brignorth’s history and meeting local historians was key to interpreting the brief.

 

 

 

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