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Electrolyte, Outline Design commission

By Simon Watkinson 2006

Image Photographics

Courtesy of
City of Sunderland

Initial design for large public artwork, including fabrication of prototype with 3M. Based on the notion of electrolysis the piece developed the idea of travel attached to the building and the history of glass making in the region.
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