As you pass St. Helens you might notice an something unusual rising from the trees – a 66 ft tall white human head. It’s one of the most impressive pieces of public art in the country.
Dream is a sculpture by Jaume Plensa, sited on an old spoil top of Sutton Manor Colliery in Sutton, St. Helens, Merseyside, which closed in 1991. It cost approximately £1.8m. It consists of an elongated white structure, cast to resemble the head and neck of a young woman with her eyes closed in meditation. It is 66 ft tall and weighs 500 tons. It is coated in sparkling white Spanish dolomite as a contrast to the coal which used to be mined there.
It is located in a lovely piece of parkland.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_(sculpture)
http://www.suttonbeauty.org.uk/dreamsthelens.html
http://www.suttonbeauty.org.uk/manorwoodlands.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11034719
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