Work is just starting on an unusual project with sculptress Denise Dutton. Denise has designed and is creating a range of architectural features - balustrated, gates and grilles - for a major house refurbishment. Denise’s wax originals will be moulded and cast in bronze at our Tanat Foundry in Wales, patinated and installed at the house by our own site team.
In 2007, Leander were commisssioned to produce a large etched stainless steel toposcope in the form of a ring of viewpoint panels mounted on a continuous masonry plinth. Stretched end to end, the panels would cover 14 metres and they provide an excellent depiction of the (almost) 360 degree view from the top of Coles Hill. One of the major high points visible from here is Brown Clee in Shropshire where we installed a cast bronze toposcope in 2006!
Further toposcopes are under way for Rochdale, Oldham and British Waterways, Foxton Locks, Leicestershire.
(The Coles Hill toposcope is being installed in April and pictures will follow)
For several years the Transport Trust have planned a major series of plaques commemorating sites of historic interest connected with roads, railways and canals. The plaque design has evolved slowly and the prototype was due for completion by Easter 2008. As the visual shows, it uses bright colours but restrained typography. The prototype will be followed by a batch of 5 for sites in Derbyshire before beginning the coverage of other counties.