Blaze by Ian McChesney

About Blaze Sculpture

Blaze sculpture was created by Ian McChesney for Middlesbrough Borough Council installed in 2011 and removed in 2019. A linear sculpture along the A66 through Middlesbrough. Its aim was to provide continuity and identity to the currently disparate roadside verges.

The Finished Sculpture

Artist

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Creator: https://www.mcchesney.co.uk/about

Ian McChesney is a sculptre and architect who is known for his work such as Blaze in Middlesbrough, 2011, the museum of Zoology Cambridge, Thames &Hudson, and the Royal Academy of Music.

Gallery

News

New Thinking of Roadscape and Public Realm for the A66
Major creative landscape feature for Middlesbrough’s A66
Changing the A66
A66 Shortlist Announced
The A66 Challenge
Rising star to transform the A66 corridor
The A66 artwork

Funder

Middlesbrough Council

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