Derby St - Thread Counter - Marion Smith, Sculptor

Image of a section of a historical map of an area around Strathmartine Road in Dundee.

Derby St – Thread Counter

Materials: Cast and constructed bronze

Created: 2024

Client: Dundee City Council & Hillcrest Housing Association

H: 48.5cm W: 68cm D: 65.5cm

Categories: Commissions

View at: Moorhead St (off Derby St, Dundee)

Detail of sculpture in bronze. It's sited beside a street. There is a map etched into the section of the work shown, it's a detail of the area that it's sited in, just off Strathmartine Road in Dundee.

View of the Thread Counter sculpture sited on Moorhead St, Dundee. On the left a square hole that has many divisions marked around it, and opposite a round hole that has been fitted with a glass lens.

View of the Thread Counter sculpture sited on Moorhead St, Dundee. On the left a square hole that has many divisions marked around it.

View of the Thread Counter sculpture sited on Moorhead St, Dundee. On the right a round hole that has been fitted with a glass lens. The brick work of the brick wall behind is magnified and destorted.

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