Steve Field (sculptor)
Steve Field RBSA | |
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Born |
Stephen Field 3 May 1954 Saltash, Cornwall, England |
Nationality | English |
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Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 May 1954 in Saltash, Cornwall) is an English sculptor, muralist and mosaicist, active mainly in the West Midlands, particularly the Black Country, where a number of his works are on public display. He has been resident artist and public art adviser to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1988,[1][2] and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists,[3] the Contemporary Glass Society[4] and the British Association of Modern Mosaic.[4] He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail.[5]
He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a master's degree in fine art.[1] He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie,[6] his MPhil examiner David Harding, and the Mexican muralists.
He received the Royal Society of Arts 'Art for Architecture' Award in 1993 and an Arts and Business Award in 2005.[3]
Field is married to fellow muralist Cathryn Ryall, with whom he has collaborated artistically. Field has also completed several collaborations with the sculptor John McKenna.[7]
Works
Picture | Work | Location | Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Coordinates (With links to map and aerial photo sources) |
Owner | Notes |
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Birth of Pegasus | Brotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield | 1977 | Mural | Dulux paint | 53°23′41″N 1°27′50″W / 53.39476°N 1.46397°W | Depicts Pegasus. Completed as part of Field's degree studies at Sheffield University. Paint donated by Dulux. The house on which this was painted was due for demolition in 2010.[8][9] | ||||
Industries of the Lye | Lye | 1989 | Mural | [10] Removed 2010 | ||||||
Cameo | Stourbridge bus interchange | 1994 | Mosaics and anamorphic columns | Centro | Mosaics of a grey heron and a cockerel, based on cameo glass from nearby Broadfield House Glass Museum.[11] | |||||
Sunbeam Car Panels | St. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton | 1995 | Relief | Bronze | 3m by 2m | 52°34′47″N 2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W (approx) | (with John McKenna ARBS sculptor)[7] | |||
The Lone Rider | Penn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton | 1996 | Sculpture | Hoptonwood limestone | 52°34′33″N 2°08′09″W / 52.575861°N 2.135798°W | Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann.[7][12] | ||||
Moonstones | Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr | 1998 | Carving | Stone | 52°33′09″N 1°54′32″W / 52.5526°N 1.9088°W | Asda | Nine stones, depicting members of the Lunar Society[13] | |||
Sleipnir | Hill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop | 1998 | 52°32′50″N 2°01′35″W / 52.5471°N 2.0265°W | Depicting Sleipnir, Odin's mythical eight-legged horse[14] | ||||||
Maypole | Junction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne | 1999 | Sculpture | Steel | 52°32′09″N 2°11′09″W / 52.535930°N 2.185844°W | Wombourne Parish Council | Includes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall.[7][15] | |||
Salamander in Flames | Flood Street Island, Dudley | 2000 | 52°30′26″N 2°04′51″W / 52.507196°N 2.080847°W | Part of Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail. Lettering by Malcolm Sier. Fabrication by Apollo Engineering, Brierley Hill.[2] Depicts a salamander, in reference to salamanders in metallurgy. | ||||||
Fleet Air Arm Memorial | National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas | 2009 | Granite, on a Portland stone base | |||||||
Hovering Kestrel | Citadel Logistics Centre, Bilston | 2011 | Stainless steel | 52°34′06″N 2°03′19″W / 52.568469°N 2.055257°W | (with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor) | |||||
Fons Juventis | Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich | 2011 | Stainless steel | Park Hall Academy | Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured | |||||
Civil war sculpture | Stevens Park, Wollescote | 2011 | (with Graham Jones)[16] Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall. | |||||||
Anamorphic Portico | West Bromwich bus station | 1999 | -2002Mosaic and anamorphic column | 52°31′02″N 1°59′42″W / 52.517276°N 1.99499°W | Images loosely derived from David Christie Murray's book A Capful o’ Nails.[4][11] | |||||
Giant pictorial sundial | Measham Millennium Green | 2002 | Sundial | 52°42′13″N 1°30′32″W / 52.703583°N 1.508779°W | Commemorating Joseph Wilkes.[4][17] |
Bibliography
Field as also written articles about his work:
- —— (Spring 2003). "A Trail through Time - Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail". The Blackcountryman. 36 (2): 41. ISSN 0006-4335.
- —— (Summer 2003). "Commemorating Wolverhampton's Historic Vehicles". The Blackcountryman. 36 (3): 53. ISSN 0006-4335.
- —— (Autumn 2003). "The Story of Sleipnir". The Blackcountryman. 36 (4): 31. ISSN 0006-4335.
References
- 1 2 "Public Art". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Millennium Sculpture Trail - Flood Street Island". BBC Online. 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Stephen Field". Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Mosaic Image - About Us". Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail". BBC Online. 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Suart, Paul (2011-07-20). "EMOTIONAL RETURN TO MARK 60 YEARS". Birmingham Evening Mail. Retrieved 2013-10-18 – via HighBeam. (subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 3 4 Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (2005-01-01). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853239895.
- ↑ "Field, Steve: 'Pegasus' mural". Public Art Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Mythical mural". Burngreave Messenger. October 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ Bennett, John (1990). Public Art Guide. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. p. 41. ISBN 0900911271.
- 1 2 "Anamorphic Mosaics". Mosaic Image. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "The Lone Rider". The Lone Rider. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ↑ Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham. Jeremy Beach (ed.). Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853236925.
- ↑ "'SILLY' STATUE SPARKS ROW; Horse sculptor defends work.". Birmingham Evening Mail. 1998-07-08 – via HighBeam. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Maypole". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ↑ "Park sculpture immortalises moment in Stourbridge history". Stourbridge News. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Sundials". Mosaic Image. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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