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Title:
‘Meander Seats’
Location:
Riverside, Chester-le-Street,
Co.
Materials:
Elm
Description: A pair of benches, made from a single, massive curved trunk of Elm, refer to the River Wear’s course as it loops around them. Words carved into the leading edge of the back rail are taken from a textbook :
“ In the lower part of a river’s course, as it flows around a bend, the current erodes the outside bank” on the convex seat, and “ Silt gathers on the inner bank where the water slows & in time a slight curve may become a meander”on the concave.