2013
SD3036 : St. John the Evangelist's church, Church Street, Blackpool
taken 11 years ago, near to Blackpool, England
St. John the Evangelist's church, Church Street, Blackpool
In the square by St. John's Church is a 10.5 metre high sculpture named The Wave, by artist Lucy Glendinning. It was designed to reflect Blackpool’s coastal location. A giant curl of steel representing a breaking wave is studded with coloured resin inserts whose shapes were inspired by detail in the stained glass at St Johns Church. These inserts are lit internally by LED colour- change lights that give the sculpture a feel of constantly changing when seen from different angles. The top of the wave is pierced by a twice life size figure diving through it. A series of around the base echo the seaside theme. Again, internally textured and lit with the same colour-change lighting as the sculpture, they emit a soft glow of colour through jewel-like internal faceting.
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