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An ovoid shape connected by a central horizontal stone with a baby's head emerging from a swaddling type garment. One side comprises a standing figure, its head bent over the baby, the other side a female figure, her head at the foot of the sculpture and conjoined with the other figure at the top of the work. The Ucheldre Centre is a community effort to provide those who live in and visit Holyhead with a centre for arts events, exhibitions and other community activities of an educational and cultural kind. The heart of the centre is a former Convent chapel belonging to a French Roman Catholic order of nuns. This became available following demolition of their convent school in 1988 after its closure in 1982. The project was planned in 1989 as part of the regeneration of Holyhead.
Title
The Beginning of Life
Date
1999
Medium
Grinshill sandstone & brick
Measurements
H 183 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 61 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
LL65_AEB_S007
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Ucheldre Centre
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
The Ucheldre Centre
Custodian
The Ucheldre Centre
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1999
Access
time restrictions apply
Signature/marks description
T.L
