Cinder Bank Interchange, Southern Bypass Dudley Commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
The theme for this 85m wide roundabout was Fires of Industry. There are three steel wedge/arch structures 6m high x 25m long. Each wedge contains a profile cut design representing a local industry - glass, chain making and mining. The different shades of red on each structure denote the range of red heat in tempering steel. Coloured glass âsparksâ are set within the cut out designs.
A 16m tall steel Flame Tower on the edge of the roundabout is topped by a 4m tall âFlameâ in stainless steel tube. The planting was designed to work with the sculptures and emphasise the alignments. Phil designed the Arch/wedges and landscaping, with Diane drawig the cut out designs and making the 3m high bronze final sculptural element Heroic Worker  made in direct plaster on Phil's armature, and moulded in our studio, and cast into bronze at Castle Fine Arts Foundry.
