Kettering, Manor House Gardens
Sculptures celebrating Kettering's past history of a woollen industry, especially the spinning of woollen fibres and the weaving of worsted cloth. Three spaces linked by the theme of spun and woven wool; blue threads, the process of spinning, travel through the three spaces.
'Bobbin'
Dimensions: 1200 x 3500 mm Materials: Layered Marine Ply
Sculpture with two openings, opposite each other, revealing an internal blue presence, through a hollow central shaft. An opening at the top allows light to enter during daylight. It is illuminated internally at night.
'Spinning Wheel'
Dimensions: 4000mm Materials: Box sectioned white steel circles, jointed leaving a thin line of blue thread: blue acrylic sheet.
'Worsted'
Dimensions: 2000 x 2000 x 500mm Materials: Perforated steel sheet mesh. Paint
Sculpture evolved from woven fabric, stretched on tenterhooks. The structure of threads in worsted fabric is simulated by layered perforated steel sheet and mesh, galvanised and powder coated, with subtle powder blues.