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Article: Sculpture set to shine at last.
- Article from:
- Bognor Observer (Bognor Regis, England)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2008
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A long-awaited sun sculpture is about to be installed in Bognor Regis town centre. The modern artwork will be installed in the shopping area in March.
It will be officially handed over to Bognor Regis Town Council in a noon ceremony on March 19.
The seven-metre (32ft) high sculpture will tower above the junction of London Road and High Street with its depiction of the sun.
Sculptor Pete Codling, pictured above, designed the copper piece with gold leaf coating to reflect Bognor's renowed record for sunshine. His inspiration came from the Anglo Saxon queen, Bucgren, who founded the original fishing village on Bognor's site, and pagan worship of ...