Tam - Elm Street / Black Horse Lane - Ipswich, Suffolk
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N 52° 03.430 E 001° 08.987
31U E 373149 N 5769012
Sculpture of a teenage girl sitting cross-legged in dungarees molding a ball of clay by Honoria Surie - the model was Tam, the artist's daughter
Waymark Code: WMNDVZ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/23/2015
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At the front of St Mary at the Elms church is a modern bronze statue of a girl sitting cross-legged handling a ball of clay. Named ‘Tam’, the sculpture was created by Honoria Surie in 1995.
"Bronze statue mounted on an irregular hexagonal stone plinth: lifesize naturalistic portrait of a teenage girl sitting cross-legged in dungarees molding a ball of clay.
Affectionate portrait of the artist's daughter. The ball of clay is a reference to pottery. When Tam attended the unveiling the spectators were amused that her punk image bore little resemblance to that projected in the sculpture."
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