Irwell Sculpture Trail no. 2 – Seed Traditional Cache
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Irwell Sculpture Trail no. 2 – Seed
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The cache is situated near St Philips church, within sight of
the sculpture ‘Seed’, by Andrew McKeown, being part of
the Irwell Valley Sculpture Trail.
The Irwell Valley Sculpture Trail
The Irwell Sculpture Trail was developed along a 30-mile route
through the Irwell Valley formerly known as the Irwell Valley Way.
Following the River from its source on the South Pennine Moors to
where it becomes the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford Quays, the
first sculpture was installed in 1987. Thanks to an Arts Lottery
award in 1996, the project grew, and 30 sculptures were eventually
installed along the route. Unfortunately, some of these have been
destroyed by vandals: one, notably, even before its official
opening. This series of caches has been based on the remaining
sculptures, and has been numbered following the Irwell upstream
from Salford Quays.
The Sculpture - Seed
Site: St Philip's Square, Salford
Sculptor: Andrew McKeown
Installed: 11 December 2002
Material: SG iron
Size: 2m high x 3.5 m wide x 75cm deep
Description: Cast-iron sculpture in the shape of a large sycamore
seed positioned at ground level in the centre of the open space
adjacent to St Philip's Church. McKeown worked on possible designs
with children from St Philip's Primary School, and the image of a
large sycamore seed emerged as the most appropriate one, in part
because of the sycamore trees on the site. The completed sculpture
was some 100 times larger than an actual sycamore seed, the surface
revealing the veins of the seed. Rising directly from the floor,
the sculpture also suggested angel wings, an association that
connected it to the nearby Angel Community Centre and Angel public
house. The work was cast in SG iron, a metal slightly stronger than
cast iron, at Davison Tyne Metal Ltd foundry in Hexham. The iron
was left untreated, leaving the sculpture to rust naturally.
McKeown decided to leave the work without an explanatory plaque. It
is also unsigned.
The cache
This is a nano cache, containing only a logbook, so please come
armed with a pencil, as I will only accept a find if you sign the
log.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va orapu, yrsg fvqr nf lbh fvg ba vg
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