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Description: | One of twelve iron posts or bollards, round in section, looking like chimney pots which mark parish boundaries along the north and south banks of the Tees between Middleton and Gainford. Each cast iron post has been split in two and the two halves stood on either side of a boundary (usually a hedge, ditch, stile, wall, beck, stepping stone or fence) in such a way as to allow passers-by to re-unite the posts in their minds eye each time they cross from one parish to another. Although essentially a repeated form, each post is rendered unique by being installed at a particular site. In addition, the top of each post carries the negative impression of a half place or bowl, a feature which the artist has explained is intended to be suggestive of the fact that ‘plates and bowls are containers which we associate with sharing and generosity.' | Subjects: |  Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Letter Carver: Fisher, Karl Sculptor: Wentworth, Richard | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7512... | Go to resource |
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