Public Art on the Black Country Route

Sarah Tombs 1996

| Sarahs image is formed of fabricated and painted
steel and stands 8 metres in height at the roundabout adjacent to the Fire Station, close
to the site of the former Bilston Steel Works. It represents two figures emerging from the
flames of industry linking arms to form an arch. The piece is named '"Beth's Arch" after one of the Bilston Blast Furnaces. This work is currently floodlit (3-6-98) though there have been problems with vandalism to the lamps |
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Beth's Arch was fabricated at Arden Fabrications near Knowle in Warwickshire from hundreds of pieces of steel. The work was scaled up from a 1:10 model made by Sarah Tombs. These pictures shows it under construction in Arden's Yard. |
Close up of "Beth's Arch" |
"Beth's Arch" in context |

Sarah Tombs 1995
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