Sheffield
Covid Memorial Willow Tree sculpture.
Balm Green Gardens, Sheffield.
A steel weeping willow design. Describing the inspiration for the work, George King said: 'A willow has a strong trunk, which symbolises how people worked together to create the strength needed at such a difficult time.' Quotes on the inside of the steel columns are 'memories and experiences of the pandemic' which had been collected on postcards. King added: 'Local poets took fragments of them and tied them together into a single poem, so as you walk around the sculpture you experience a unique piece of literature'.
More information can be found here:-
sheffielder.net/2023/04/04/when-you-stand-underneath-a-wi...
georgekingarchitects.com/portfolio-item/sheffield-covid-m...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64070586
sheffnews.com/news/permanent-covid-memorial-sculpture-unv...
darcawards.com/portfolio/sheffield-covid-memorial-uk/
Sheffield
Covid Memorial Willow Tree sculpture.
Balm Green Gardens, Sheffield.
A steel weeping willow design. Describing the inspiration for the work, George King said: 'A willow has a strong trunk, which symbolises how people worked together to create the strength needed at such a difficult time.' Quotes on the inside of the steel columns are 'memories and experiences of the pandemic' which had been collected on postcards. King added: 'Local poets took fragments of them and tied them together into a single poem, so as you walk around the sculpture you experience a unique piece of literature'.
More information can be found here:-
sheffielder.net/2023/04/04/when-you-stand-underneath-a-wi...
georgekingarchitects.com/portfolio-item/sheffield-covid-m...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64070586
sheffnews.com/news/permanent-covid-memorial-sculpture-unv...
darcawards.com/portfolio/sheffield-covid-memorial-uk/