'Russell Wood Sculptures'

'Russell Wood Sculptures'

HER Number
11033
District
Sunderland
Site Name
'Russell Wood Sculptures'
Place
Newbottle
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1997 to 1998 by Felicity Watts. A number of pieces at Russell Wood which was planted in 1996. There is a yellow stone boulder carved into a pair of hands in the prayer position, a red stone block with a whorl cut into one side and hands on the rear face and a white stone block with hemispheres carved into it. The artist worked with Newbottle Primary School and the Scien Raen Women's Group.
Easting
433000
Northing
551500
Grid Reference
NZ433000551500
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, pp 86-7