Belfast Wheel Art in Public Gallery

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 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.