Acorns and Oak Leaves - Oak Court, Midsummer Place Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes, UK
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N 52° 02.453 W 000° 45.455
30U E 653793 N 5767958
This sculpture is located in the shopping centre in Milton Keynes.
Waymark Code: WM7RJD
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/27/2009
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The MK Web website describes this piece:
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'Commissioned by London and Amsterdam Developments Ltd and USS
Tim Ward's sculpture has been specially commissioned for its location under an old oak tree in the middle of the new shopping centre. The artist's response to the site was to design a sprig of stainless steel oak leaves with acorns which seem to have fallen from the tree above, with one or two loose leaves landing beside.
The leaves vary in size and shape and sit at a slight angle just above the height of the small bushes planted in the area. The steel has been sandblasted and burnished to create highlights and coloured by heating so that the leaves and acorns are a golden straw colour and the stems and acorn cups are dark grey with brown, dark blue and purple tones.
Tim Ward is a blacksmith and sculptor with thirty years experience of making decorative metalwork for public places. His workshop is at Westbury Farm Studios, Milton Keynes.'