Cornerstone is a sculpture in Tanner Park, Southwark, London.
| Cornerstone | |
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| Designer | Austin Emery and 100 volunteer members of the public |
| Year | 2019–2020 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Portland stone, Bath stone, and various stones, bricks, and bones |
| Location | London SE1, United Kingdom |
| 51°30′01.5″N 0°04′52.9″W / 51.500417°N 0.081361°W | |
Construction and history
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2013
editDuring a series of stone carving workshops on nearby Whites Grounds Estate, pieces of stone, were hand-carved by children and adult participants from Whites Grounds Estate itself and the wider community during the open public workshops in October, 2013. The pieces carved by over 100 public participants were then permanently assembled into this totemic monument alongside stone fragments of historic London including Southwark Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament and even bones from the River Thames. [1]
2019
editCornerstone was led by the stonemason artist Austin Emery[2] in directing over 100 public participants in stonecarving workshops to create individual sculptures that would be assembled into a larger unified sculpture.
Bone used in the creation of the sculpture was gathered from the River Thames.
Funding was raised on Spacehive for £86,081 (2019) [3] along with funding coming from other partners like the Mayor of London that provide £50,000 (2019) [4] and Southwark Council £7,500 (2019)[5]
Gallery
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Cornerstone (sculpture) in snow
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References
edit- ^ Toronto Star. "A long-distance relationship". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Cornerstone". Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "The Cornerstone – A Community Landmark". Spacehive. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ team, London SE1 website. "£50k boost for Cornerstone Bermondsey sculpture project [9 July 2019]". London SE1. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Southwark Council pledges £7,500 to The Cornerstone sculpture project". Southwark Council. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
External links
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