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ChalkStack 2024
Ashmere, Ebbsfleet Garden City
Significant Gateway Public Art Commission
Development partners: Countryside Clarion (Eastern Quarry) LLPand Henley Camland Landscape
Architects: Define
Public Art Consultants: FrancisKnight
https://francisknight.co.uk/project/ashmere-ebbsfleet-garden-city/
A new large scale sculpture for Ashmere that plays on the idea of stacked drawing chalks. A light-hearted approach that makes visible one of the many end products of quarrying chalk. Inspired by the soft colours of drawing chalks the sculpture also makes use of geometric pattern and colour.
The 6m high sculpture stands at the entrance in an elevated position on the terraced landscape, it is intended to be playful, whimsical and impactful. Using strong colour to stand out against the trees and landscaping of the entrance and so it can be seen from a distance on the surrounding roads and paths. The organic shaped profile of the sculpture is inspired by the shapes of a piece of flint found at the site.