Public Art on the Black Country Route

Michael Fairfax 1996

Michael Fairfax's Gate Panels at the Lunt Community Centre
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| Michael carried out a
residency at The Lunt Community Centre in the Autumn of
1995. He worked with Centre users on a number of items
made from scrap car parts including finials to gate posts
for the gate between the Centre and the footpath / cycle
way on the Black Country3Route. During the residency he designed two fence panels in mild steel to be positioned next to the gate. The design of these panels reflects The Lunt and Bilstons history. One of the possible derivations of the word "Lunt" is an open area in the forest where hunted animals were driven to for slaughter. The Bilston Coat of Arms includes a rising sun. The design can be interpreted as a space with paths leading to it or3as a sun with rays reaching out into space. Michael has been appointed as Artist in Residence on the Midlands Metro Project.
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Michael Fairfax's Gate Panel on Exhibition at the
Roadworks II Exhibition in 1995
Black Country Route Location Map
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