PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD
Vic
Brailsford
(with carving by Graham Mitcheson)
‘Cutlery’, 1998
Traffic island in Penistone Road (A 61)
gritstone
This site currently undergoing redevelopment (March
2005) - some of the stones have been moved
Traffic Island on Penistone Road (A 61) at the bottom of Hoyle Street. (A-Z p86 6D)
Paul Carruther's Lights and Vega Bermejo's 'Pigeons' are visible from the traffic island.
Description:
Large silhouettes of various forms of cutlery have been carved into six large
gritstone boulders which were placed, some years before, at the three corners
of a landscaped traffic island. Each boulder stands typically just under 2
metres high.
Commission:
Sheffield City Council. Funding from European Regional Development Fund.
Comment:
This should surely be a popular piece as it depicts in a straightforward manner
items from Sheffield’s industrial heritage which have contributed to
the history of the city.
