Belfast Wheel sculpture images

Belfast Wheel sculpture, Waring Street, Belfast

The is the first Belfast Wheel sculpture completed in 2001 in two phases of work.

Phase 1 – Artists worked within community groups to produce a mosaic that represented their views about their areas. These 12 large mosaics were then sited within the community centres.

Phase 2 – 12 smaller versions of the completed mosaics were situated on the front of the Cotton Court Building in Waring Street. This central sculpture is the “wheel”, the axis around which the 12 community groups connect.

 

 

 

 

Belfast Wheel Sculpture, King William Park (at convergence of the Lisburn & University Roads), Belfast

The second Belfast Wheel sculpture took two years to complete and was unveiled to the public on the 28th June, 2005.

 

The cross community sculpture is 2.3m diameter and is comprised of 12 'segments', each one depicting an area of the city. Twelve community groups from across Belfast designed and hand-sculpted a section, which depicts landmarks that define their community.

 

First sculpted full size in clay, the pieces were then sent to a foundry, where an exact replica was cast in aluminum. The aluminum pieces were then used to create the final bronze segments. Finally, these were then welded together to create a single (and very heavy!) sculpture.

 

Century Citizen, Jubilee Gardens (opposite the Albert Clock), Belfast

This is the third Belfast Wheel sculpture.

Sculptors worked with community groups across Belfast. One hundred figures cast in bronze were composed to make one large free standing sculpture, approximately 5 meters high.

The figures make up rings of people joining hands and each ring is stacked on top of the other forming a cylindrical sculpture, lit from within. The sculpture will be installed in 2008 by Belfast City Council.