Time-Span 2007

Time-Span - 2007

A striking public sculpture for the regenerated Market Place in South Normanton, Derbyshire. Adrian’s ancestors hail from the area, so he was keen to apply for this opportunity to make a public artwork for the town. After being interviewed and selected for the commission, Adrian informed the organisers of the family link and that his Grandfather actually ran a hardware shop in the 1930’s right opposite the site of the artwork!

The design was developed in consultation with local residents and shopkeepers through exhibitions, school workshops and public drop-in sessions, plus a series of meetings with The Town Partnership, District Council and Derbyshire County Council.

When Adrian revealed that his Grandfather also renovated old clocks and antique furniture, there was a unanimous vote to base the work on a grandfather clock. Intended to form a conceptual link between local coal mining and generations passing through the strata of time, the sculpture has become a popular and symbolic landmark in the centre of the town.