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ArtistMaker: MAYNE, David
TitleOfWork: not known
DescriptionOfPhoto: view of sculpture with the main lake behind
DateOfCreation: 2004
Dimensions: Sculpture: 183 cm high x 183 cm at its widest section. Plinth: 107 cm high x 90 cm square.
Medium: stainless steel, bronze
Location: Doncaster Lake
AtoZReference: p.47 3H
Postcode:
Street: Gliwice Way and Lakeside Boulevard
TownOrVillage: Doncaster
AreaInTown: Doncaster Lake
MetropolitanBorough: Doncaster
Photographer: Dave Ball
ImageCopyright: Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber: d077c
Location: On the high point of a small island just off the north-east shore of the lake. Access by foot from the junction of Gliwice Way and Lakeside Boulevard. A footbridge gives access to the island from the lakeside footpath.

Description: Five silhouettes of flying birds, cut from stainless steel, and bent and welded together to form a group flying in opposite directions. Mounted on a square stainless steel plinth set on a circle of concrete around which is a bronze ring. This ring is decorated with wild life subjects that might appear at the lake; this include various birds, fish, a rowing boat, a canoe, a butterfly and bird footprints.

Inscription: On the bronze ring around the base of the sculpture is a segment with the following inscription: BUILT ON THE SITE OF A FORMER AIRFIELD THE LAKE IS NOW HOME / TO A VARIETY OF WILDLIFE. YOU WILL OFTEN SEE THE FOLLOWING / BIRDS: MUTE SWAN, CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, TUFTED DUCK, / SHOVELER, MOORHEN, COOT & SAND MARTIN. ARTWORK ON THIS RING / WAS PROVIDED BY CHILDREN FROM LAKESIDE PRIMARY, ST PETER'S / ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL & HALL CROSS LOWER SCHOOL

Commission: not known





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