Timepiece.
by Clare Bambers
Title
Timepiece.
Artist
Clare Bambers
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
"Timepiece" is a sculpture on the banks of the River Thames overlooking historic Tower Bridge.
It was designed by Wendy Taylor and installed in 1973 during the redevelopment of St Katherine's Dock.
The steel sundial looks like a giant washer, on which the hours are marked with raised dots. It is supported on three chains and pierced by a gnomon or pointer designed to resemble a large dockyard nail, all of which spring from a single point. Descriptive plaque to front.
A modern basic equinoctial sundial, or one aligned on the plane of the equator, it is an 'upper' equinoctial dial that shows the time only while the sun is north of the equator. Taylor has reduced the concept of the sundial to its most elemental.
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February 23rd, 2012
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