Martin Heron
Illustration — Heron's Handstanding (2006) stands by primary school on the Ravenswood housing estate in Ipswich, Suffolk. A sculptor from Northern Ireland working with steel. He is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and The London Group.
Martin Heron
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- 2000
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- United Kingdom
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- sculptor
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- English
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Illustration — Heron's Handstanding (2006) stands by primary school on the Ravenswood housing estate in Ipswich, Suffolk. A sculptor from Northern Ireland working with steel. He is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and The London Group.
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His art is found outdoors in public places in Northern Ireland. His sculpture "For the Love of Emer" was Armagh City's first commission public artwork. It is a depiction of legendary Irish hero Cú Chulainn balancing on a 20-foot pole. His piece, Handstanding, is outside a public school in Ravenswood, Ipswich. Another sculpture group carved from tree trunks is found along the Irwell Sculpture Trail.
• Where Dreams Go, Strabane District Council, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 2007–08 • Handstanding, Ipswich Borough Council, Ravenswood, Ipswich, 2006 • Ascent Terrifique & Reach stainless steel sculptures, Home Zone Project, Hull City Council, Albany Street Kingston upon Hull, 2005 • Afloat, stainless steel sculpture, Groundwork Stoke-on-Trent, Westport Lake, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, 2005 • Chariot stainless steel sculpture, commissioned for ASDA, ASDA superstore, Thurmaston, Leicestershire, 2003
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