Artwork for K&A

Published: Friday, 18 June 2010

TO CELEBRATE the bicentenary of the Kennet & Avon Canal this year, artwork is being created for the Bath locks.

British Waterways together with Bath & North East Somerset Council, the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust and the Widcombe Association, have appointed Bath artist, Alan Dun, to create a commemorative artwork to celebrate the bicentenary.

Share the design

Alan Dun with stone mason Nigel Bryant from City of Bath College will share the design idea for the commemorative artwork, which will be a working sundial in cast iron mounted on a plinth of Bath stone with references to the history of the canal and its trades.

We are told the choice of materials and design will be sensitive to the surrounding environment, using materials which are part of Bath's architectural industrial and cultural heritage. City of Bath College will fabricate the Bath stone plinth and letter cutting, in turn promoting local skills and talent.

It is proposed that the sundial, which is yet to receive planning permission, would be located adjacent to the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath near the Horseshoe Walk end of the Widcombe Flight in Bath.