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Title:
Millennium Archway
Location:
Millennium Green,
Ravenstone, Leicestershire, 2001
Materials:
Green Elterwater Slate,
Stainless Steel
Description:
This archway was designed as
a focal point on a newly laid out public park. The brief required
height (min 3 metres), symbolism bold enough to catch the eye of
passing traffic, and depiction of Ravenstone at the turn of the
millennium.
The sides of the tapering slate uprights were
carved with aspects of the village
(entitled learning, labour, leisure and life) shown in actual
locations, while the steel silhouette above refers to the village’s
name, showing a pair of ravens building their nest – a hopeful image
for the Spring, and for the years to come.