Title:
‘Towards the Light’
Location:
Millennium Green, Tow Law, Co
Durham, 2001
Materials:
Sandstone
Description:
The
figure of a larger-than life miner is deeply carved into a 2 ton
block of stone. He squats on his ‘hunkers’ in the confined space of
a drift shaft with pit props to either side holding the immense
weight of rock overhead. Tools of his trade lay forgotten at his
feet as he gazes towards the mouth of the tunnel, towards the light,
and longs for the day’s work to end. By breaking right through the
stone the focus of the figure’s gaze is made bright and hopeful as
our eyes naturally follow his to the backdrop of sky and hills
beyond.
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