Geograph - photograph every grid square

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.