Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Paviers Photograph
Region ID | AH | |
Work ID | 493 | |
Manual Reference | BLGW005 | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Paviers | |
Designer | The Pioneers Art Group | |
Date of design | 1992 | |
Year of unveiling | 1992 | |
Unveiling details | 1992 | |
Road | A4046 | |
Precise Location | Set in bank at entrance to car park at Festival Park Factory Shopping Village | |
A to Z Ref | ||
OS Ref | SO165076 | |
Postcode | NP23 8FP | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | Festival Park | |
Commissioned by | Garden Festival Wales, Yuasa Battery (UK) Ltd. & Gwent Education Authority | |
Notes | ||
Two four-sided painted concrete paviers edged in wood. The paviers depict the history of Gwent with images including the Severn Bridge, Chepstow Racecourse and Castle, steelworks, collieries and steam engine. | ||
The paviers project employed artists who worked with twelve comprehensive and more than twenty primary schools, involving at least 2000 children. The final choice of designs ws selected from an open competition involving all schools in Gwent. The children's designs were used to tell the history of Gwent and they worked for over six months in the making of the paved areas. Their designs were taken to A1 Concrete of Penarth, who cast them to British Safety Standard and assembled them. | ||
The paviers were amongst a number of sculptures commissioned for the Garden Festival of Wales in 1991/2 and some works remain on site. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1992 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | ||
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Paviers (x2) | Concrete | 200cm high x 270cm wide |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
No damage | |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | No damage |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
