Proposal for Great Torrington Gateway Design proposal for a series of three beacons for Great Torrington, North Devon, to mark the entrances to the town and provide a welcome.
It was after my visit to Sudburys, Gt Torrington’s only remaining glove factory, that I started to explore the glove image. It was the perfect symbol to express the history, creativity and community spirit of Torrington. I took the wonderfully sculptural shape of the ‘gloving knife’ and used it as the basic form for each sculpture. These forms provided a ‘window’ to carry the coloured, textured and blown glass.
I worked with a local engineering company and structural engineers; the designs were to be fabricated in core 10 steel.
Designed to light up at night, each beacon would be fun with an element of surprise.
It was after my visit to Sudburys, Gt Torrington’s only remaining glove factory, that I started to explore the glove image. It was the perfect symbol to express the history, creativity and community spirit of Torrington. I took the wonderfully sculptural shape of the ‘gloving knife’ and used it as the basic form for each sculpture. These forms provided a ‘window’ to carry the coloured, textured and blown glass.
I worked with a local engineering company and structural engineers; the designs were to be fabricated in core 10 steel.
Designed to light up at night, each beacon would be fun with an element of surprise.
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