Title:
‘The Aclet’
Location:
Entrance to the Woodhouse
Estate, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, 2008
Materials:
Buff Sandstone, Stainless
Steel, Ceramic Tiles
Description:
This sculpture was commissioned to act as the centrepiece of a small
area of re-landscaped municipal gardens which act as a gateway into
a large post-war housing estate. Its theme was taken from a
prominent public house, standing behind the gardens, which is called
The Aclet, meaning small Oak tree. A huge pair of cupped hands,
carved on both sides of two tapering blocks of stone, hold between
them a young oak plant, symbolising regeneration and care for the
environment. Set into the sides, and the plinth, are over a hundred
ceramic tiles made on the theme by local children and adults in a
series of art workshops.
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