Public Art on the Black Country Route


Miles Davies 1996

His untitled sculpture is formed by three rusting steel monoliths about 10 metres in height, evoking images of Bilston's engineering past, chimneys and decay. These subtle steel shapes stand at the end of the High Street in Bilston on the roundabout at the junction of High Street and Millfields Road.

 


The material used for their construction is a special steel alloy called “Cor Ten” which is designed
to provide a protective coat of rust on the surface of the steel which prevents any further
corrosion. The plates are welded on to an internal steel frame and the lines you can see across the face of the sculpture are small gaps between the plates which have been left intentionally.

 

Miles constructed the sculpture himself in an old warehouse at Bristol Docks next to the historic steamship the Great Britain, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, . This is also right next door to David Ables' Boatyard where Eilis O'Connell's "Tower of Light was made.

 

Birds eye view of Miles Davies 30KB

Miles with his sculpture

A closer view of Miles!

 

Monoliths May 1998

Note the change to the surface oxidation
It is not just the photograph!

Close up of Steel Monoliths May 1988

 


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