'Candle' sculpture to light up Gloucester?
It's 21m high and is set to become a Gloucester landmark... but what do you make of the new sculpture at the Docks?
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'The Candle' has been designed by Nottingham-based artist Wolfgang Buttress and is part of the city's regeneration project.
It has lines from the poem, Requiem, by the Gloucester writer, Ivor Gurney, engraved around the base.
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At 9th Aug 2010, Nigel wrote:Is it painted that kebab-brown colour? Or is it just rusty? And if it's rusty now, how long is it going to last?
What is it supposed to symbolise? I quite like the idea of public monuments, they give a place character, but I think it's better if they have an obvious connection to their location.
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Comment number 2.
At 10th Aug 2010, steve_mountain wrote:It's made from a "weathering" steel - a type of steel which forms a rust layer on the surface but then stabilises. Subsequent corrosion is much slower than would be the case with normal structural steels so the structure should last for a long time without the application of paints or coatings.
The Angel of the North and the sculpture in the square in Galway City are other examples using weathering steel to give natural, some would say warm appearance.
By the look of it, in this case the rust colour will harmonise well with the surrounding buildings on the dockside and looking along the dock, the spire provides an interesting contrast with the tower of the Cathedral.
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