Newbottle, 'Russell Wood Sculptures'

HER Number:
11033

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Newbottle, 'Russell Wood Sculptures'

Place:
Newbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1997 to 1998 by Felicity Watts. A number of pieces at Russell Wood which was planted in 1996. There is a yellow stone boulder carved into a pair of hands in the prayer position, a red stone block with a whorl cut into one side and hands on the rear face and a white stone block with hemispheres carved into it. The artist worked with Newbottle Primary School and the Scien Raen Women's Group.

Easting:
330

Northing:
515

Grid Reference:
NZ330515

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, pp 86-7