Art about Leicester industryClick on a photo for a large version. |
Leicester has a proud heritage in the textile (and other) industries. They have various modern artworks celebrating this:
This is by James Walter Butler, and is in Hotel Street. It represents the city's hosiery heritage.
This is by Sculpture Works, and is near Bow bridge, in Bath Lane. It represents the textile industry
This is by John Adams, and is in New Walk. The clicker was a skilled worker, who cut out the upper parts of the shoe from the leather. The name derives from the clicking noise made by the knife on the board beneath the leather. See Friends of New Walk website.
This is by John Adams, and is in New Walk, over the railway. It is based on garment template contour patterns and their direct connections to the human form. See Friends of New Walk website.
This is in Sanvey Gate. It shows part of a knitting machine. It is also a useful bench!
This is in the Rally Community Park, near Soar Island. The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester. The sculpture shows the individual keys of a manual typewriter, with letters round the base, back-to-front (which is how they appeared on the key). And it's another bench.
This is by Foreign Office Architects. The glass exterior covered with a white filigree pattern, paying homage to Leicester's close historical ties to the textile industry. It is in Highcross shopping centre, in Bath House Lane.
Leicester has a space industry, although this is celebrating the National Space Museum, in Wallingford Road. It is by Aden Hynes. The astronaut is supported only by his airhose!
© Jo Edkins 2023