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Location: Ifield Avenue

60 Arrows brings together ºÚÁÏÍøվ’s modern and historical connections with transport, journeys and travel and is designed to be seen while on the move.

Location: K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾

The first in a series of artworks for K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾, ‘Elastica’ involved photographing Hawth Gymnastics Club in various gymnastic poses. These images were mirrored and repeated.

‘Red, Yellow, Green and Blue’ involved photographing ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Town Football Club at two separate home games.

‘K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Climb’ shows climbing sessions at the centre. The climbing wall was chosen for the patterns created by the multi-coloured climbing holds. 
 

Location: K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾

The piece was inspired by physical movement. The aim was to create a dynamic form that animates the space through the projection of light and colour. Dichroic glass changes colour depending on light and angle of view.

Location: K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾

The bollards aim to create a piece of artwork that is functional, integrates with the building and explores the issues of waste reuse.

The CDs are made from polycarbonate, the bollards use stainless steel and the lights are solar powered.

Location: K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾

ºÚÁÏÍøվ’s sporting heroes are celebrated on a wall within the leisure centre, with a graphical portrait and information plaque outlining their career highlights. Created and funded by ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council.

Location: Langley Green shopping parade

A series of intricate artworks created using high-tech fabrication techniques. The piece incorporates paving, seating and bollards and was created with the Langley Green community and schools. 

The project was part of the regeneration of Langley Green’s parade of shops. The materials are robust and manipulated to play with light, creating effects that are delicate and subtle.

Location: The Hawth roundabout

The piece’s form is a large cortex self-weathering steel spiral peaking with a flying figure. A number of possible interpretations can be suggested for this piece including flight, dancer or music note. 

Location: The Peoples Pension Stadium

A fun, pace-making sculpture linking the ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ road entrance to The Peoples Pension Stadium and ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Town Football Club.

Location: The Broadway

The boulders are intended as a symbolic monument to the life of the town and its communities.

Individuals were encouraged to engage in the design process by providing their signatures which were used in decorative designs engraved into the nine boulders set within a landscaped enclave at the eastern side of the town centre.

Location: K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾

Blue bottles and green bottles came from a local restaurant and the rest came from bottle banks. The window glass came from damaged glass salvaged from skips at the K2 ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ building site and a ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Glazing company. 

The piece promotes a feeling of growth, aspiration, achievement and a fascination for using recycled materials to create public artworks.

Location: Bewbush

Young people from Bewbush created imagery inspired from their neighbourhood and helped paint this popular piece of street art.

Location: Tilgate Nature Centre

The Lion sculpture stands as a symbol of nature. From a distance the sculpture has the monumental presence of a 19th century, patriotic sculpture, however on closer inspection this dark mass is constructed from many planes. The viewer’s paradox is whether the sculpture is a collection of strips of metal or the image of a lion.

Location: Broadfield Barton

The mosaic was created through extensive workshops with the local community and schools. The piece uses imagery of a map to interlink Broadfield Barton and a theme of hands, which connects people of the neighbourhood who use the busy shopping parade.

Location: Bewbush

Part of the Bewbush regeneration scheme, it features 40 paving blocks containing metal profiles based on drawings made and developed by residents based on the themes of ‘nature’ and ‘dispersal’.

Location: ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Library

The Martlets Tree celebrates the heraldic origin of 'The Martlets' with over a hundred tiny Martlet birds. 

The 'Tree' features four key images:

• Hammers
• Agriculture
• Stagecoach
• Aeroplane

Location: Bewbush Millpond

'Swans Landing' depicts a gathering of stainless steel swans landing on the waters of the Bewbush Millpond. 

Location: Maidenbower

The Clouds are High and the Sky is Wide is inspired by a line from a Hilaire Belloc poem. Three stretching figures from 'bronzed' fibreglass resin mounted on oak trunks, which turn gently towards the wind. 

Location: Historic High Street

The sculpture’s base is a York sandstone acorn cup to depict the Jurassic limestone under the area and the fact that ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ was once forest. 

The middle section, a granite anvil shape, represents the long history of iron working in the area, while the huge polished bronze axe-head above is the same shape as several which have been found locally. 

The sculpture is topped by two crows to remind us that ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ was originally called Crow Lea, a place of crows.

Location: Walled Garden at Tilgate Park

A sculpture made up of base, pedestal and vessel featuring intricate relief work reflecting the four paths that lead its location. The imagery includes horses, referencing to the original building of the Tilgate Estate and the horses that were once resident in the gardens.

Location: The Hawth Theatre

Willow is a 13ft totem pole carved from oak situated on the wooded area immediately outside the front of the theatre. 

The totem pole inspired sculpture tells a story using carvings of The Winds in the Willows characters, Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad, making reference to the woodland nearby. 

Location: Worth Park

West Sussex based chainsaw artist depicts the heritage and landscape of the well-loved Worth Park in both of these pieces. The cows are located in the meadow where jersey cows grazed in the 1850s.

The totem pole stands in front of Ridley’s Court and brings together elements of the heritage and natural world. The projects were funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Location: Tilgate Nature Centre

A trail of fun, life-like wood carvings which enliven the paths and trails around Tilgate Nature Park. Tactile and interactive for children and families, the sculptures were created on-site with timber located from the park.