Sculpture ~ David Parfitt

The 60th Anniversary of Crawley sculpture.
A collaborative project with Jane Sybilla Fordham.
A group of nine carved glacial granite boulders, each inscribed with elements taken from the massive collection of crawley residents that was made for the sculpture, to celebrate the anniversary and to mark the particular point in the towns history.

A memorial event to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of The Town of Crawley.
A collaborative project with Jane Sybilla Fordham.
Originaly conceived as the centrepeice for the anniversary celebrations and Royal visit, the two tonne granite and mosaic sculpture was temporarily sited in order that the Queen and Prince Philip could begin the massive collection of local signatures that would be used to complete the work.

The sculpture Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part project, comprising of; a chaotic sculpture located above a canal, underwater lighting installation in a weir, and lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures.
Constructed from stainless steel the flexible structure is approximately 40 metres long and is supended above a canal.

The Vent shaft Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part sculpture, comprising of; lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures, underwater lighting installation in a weir, and a chaotic sculpture located above the canal.
The solid forms in the canal provide ventilation for a car park below, The Basalt masses have been visually lightened by the glowing fibre-optic designs below water-level.

Detail of the weir Element of 'Flow'. A 3 part sculpture, comprising of; underwater lighting installation in a weir, lighting effects for four submerged ventilation apertures, and a chaotic sculpture located above the canal.
The waters of the weir are illuminated at night by fibre optic tails, that trace a design in the shallows and spill into the cascade as seperate minute points of bright light.

A granite and stainless steel column, that marks the centre of a new development in Solihull, West Midlands.