COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Spider's Web
title
Spider's Web
Title
false
Creation Date:
1995
creation_date
1995
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
1996
image_date
1996
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
steel - stainless
material
steel - stainless
Material
false
Display Creator:
WHITE, Johnny
display_creator
WHITE, Johnny
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
96-0761
image_id
96-0761
Image ID
false
Description:
View of the wall and the main spider before the ancillary ones were added. Location: Exterior wall of System Gripple Factory, at the corner of Firth Drive and Saville Street. Description: A large metal spider, several smaller flat spiders and a spider's web of wire held together by "gripples". Commission: The project was overseen by Public Arts Agency on behalf of System Gripple, who commissioned the piece. Comment: This piece was constructed using the firm's product, the "gripple", a metal clamp that joins steel wires together. The smaller spiders were made by workers at System Gripple using a maquette designed by Johnny White. It was opened by Prince Charles during a visit to the city in January 1995. The information plaques at the site have now been vandalised. Two of the wires spun by the smaller spiders have broken at the point at which they meet the spider - these no longer hang tautly. (November 2000)
description
View of the wall and the main spider before the ancillary ones were added. Location: Exterior wall of System Gripple Factory, at the corner of Firth Drive and Saville Street. Description: A large metal spider, several smaller flat spiders and a spider's web of wire held together by "gripples". Commission: The project was overseen by Public Arts Agency on behalf of System Gripple, who commissioned the piece. Comment: This piece was constructed using the firm's product, the "gripple", a metal clamp that joins steel wires together. The smaller spiders were made by workers at System Gripple using a maquette designed by Johnny White. It was opened by Prince Charles during a visit to the city in January 1995. The information plaques at the site have now been vandalised. Two of the wires spun by the smaller spiders have broken at the point at which they meet the spider - these no longer hang tautly. (November 2000)
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Image Storage Location:
image_storage_location
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/96-0761.tif
Image Storage Location
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
WHITE, Johnny
creator
WHITE, Johnny
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor. Ex-staff at Sheffield Hallam University.
creator_role
Sculptor. Ex-staff at Sheffield Hallam University.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Steel, Stainless
subject_heading
Steel, Stainless
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Public art -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Corporate sponsorship
subject_heading
Corporate sponsorship
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Percent for Art
subject_heading
Percent for Art
Subject Heading
false