Fire - Sculpture, High Street, Quorn
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Fire - Sculpture, High Street, Quorn
Image: © Dennis Brian Marchant Taken: 27 Aug 2022
Artist/Sculptor: Lorraine Young Material: Ancaster limestone Owner/Custodian: Quorndon Parish Council Status: Conservation Area Representations of the fire signs of the zodiac, Leo, Aries, and Sagittarius. The work is carved from a single piece of Ancaster limestone split into three and each piece being named separately ‘Dissipated Energy’, ‘Centre of Attention’, ‘Anxious Achiever’. Lorraine studied for her undergraduate program in sculpture at Loughborough College of Art and Design and holds a Master of Arts in Drawing. The sculpture was purchased by the Parish Council for £750 as part of a Public Art Partnership Scheme run jointly by Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University School of Art and Design. The nearby plaque tells us that it is by Lorraine Young and dated 1997. It was placed on the gravel area on the High Street in front of Quorn Court in 1998.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.743231
Longitude
-1.171626