Quayside, Promenade, 'Blacksmiths Needle'

1996 by Members of the British Association of Blacksmith Artists. A forged steel cone in six sections. Each section contains objects, mostly with a maritime theme, which relate to one of the senses. The work was inaugerated in May 1997 by Evelyn Glennie, a percussionist, ringing the bell which hangs inside the needle. Commissioned by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.