Steve Field (sculptor)

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Steve Field
RBSA
Born
Stephen Field

(1954-05-03) 3 May 1954 (age 71)
Saltash, Cornwall, England
NationalityEnglish
Occupations

Stephen (Steve) Field RBSA (born 3 June 1954 in Saltash, Cornwall) is an English sculptor, muralist and mosaicist, active mainly in the West Midlands, particularly the Black Country, where a number of his works are on public display. He has been resident artist and public art adviser to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 1988, [1] [2] and is a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, [3] the Contemporary Glass Society [4] and the British Association of Modern Mosaic. [4] He coordinated Dudley's Millennium Sculpture Trail. [5]

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He studied at the University of Sheffield, earning a degree in architecture, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where he achieved a master's degree in fine art. [1] He cites his influences as futurism and vorticism, the sculptor Walter Ritchie, [6] his MPhil examiner David Harding, and the Mexican muralists.

In 1978 he painted a series of three murals on the gable ends of terraced houses at the eastern end of Heathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, in conjunction with Paula Woof and Mark Renn. [7] These murals lasted around 27 years before being overpainted by new murals. In 1982, he painted an internal mural at Frankley Community School, together with Woof and Renn. [8] The trio worked as "The Mural Company" and were profiled in a 1982 Central Television documentary, "Round About". [7] In June–July 1984, Field and Renn exhibited on murals, jointly, at Bilston Museum and Art Gallery. [9]

Field, Woof, Renn, David Patten and Derek Jones worked jointly as the West Midlands Public Art Collective, which was active circa 1987. [10]

He received the Royal Society of Arts 'Art for Architecture' Award in 1993 and an Arts and Business Award in 2005. [3]

Field is married to fellow muralist Cathryn Ryall, with whom he has collaborated artistically. Field has also completed several collaborations with the sculptor John McKenna. [11]

Works

PictureWorkLocationDateTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Coordinates
(With links to map and aerial photo sources)		OwnerNotes
Birth of Pegasus - Steve Field.jpg Birth of PegasusBrotherton Street, Pye Bank, Sheffield 1977 (1977)Mural Dulux paint 53°23′41″N1°27′50″W / 53.39476°N 1.46397°W / 53.39476; -1.46397 Depicts Pegasus. Completed as part of Field's degree studies at Sheffield University. Paint donated by Dulux. The house on which this was painted was due for demolition in 2010. [12] [13]
Handsworth TriptychHeathfield Road, Handsworth, Birmingham1978 (1978) Mural Emulsion paint 52°30′29″N1°54′18″W / 52.50802°N 1.90502°W / 52.50802; -1.90502 Set of three murals, depicting African wildlife. Since overpainted.
City of a Thousand TradesBell Street Passage, Birmingham1987 (1987) Relief
  • fibreglass
  • Pre-existing ceramic tiles, etched by sandblasting
Made by the West Midlands Public Art Collective; commissioned by the then West Midlands County Council; lost [10]
Lye Mural - Steve Field.jpg Industries of the Lye Lye 1989 (1989)Mural [14] Removed 2010 (2010)
Cameo - Steve Field.jpg Cameo Stourbridge bus interchange 1994 (1994)Mosaics and anamorphic columns Centro Mosaics of a grey heron and a cockerel, based on cameo glass from nearby Broadfield House Glass Museum. [15]
Sunbeam record attempt bronze panel.JPG Sunbeam Car PanelsSt. John's Retail Park, Wolverhampton 1995 (1995) Relief Bronze 3m by 2m 52°34′47″N2°07′38″W / 52.57963°N 2.12734°W / 52.57963; -2.12734 (approx)(with John McKenna ARBS sculptor) [11]
Lone Rider - Steve Field.jpg The Lone RiderPenn Road, Blakenhall, Wolverhampton1996 (1996)Sculpture Hoptonwood limestone 52°34′33″N2°08′09″W / 52.57586°N 2.13580°W / 52.57586; -2.13580 Marks the site of the former AJS motorcycle factory. Carved by Robert Bowers, assisted by Michael Scheuermann. [11] [16]
Lunar Society Moonstones 16 Boulton.jpg Moonstones Asda supermarket, Queslett Road, Great Barr 1998 (1998)CarvingStone 52°33′09″N1°54′32″W / 52.5526°N 1.9088°W / 52.5526; -1.9088 Asda Nine stones, depicting members of the Lunar Society [17]
Statue Sleipnir.jpg SleipnirHill, overlooking Wednesbury Great Western Street metro stop 1998 (1998) 52°32′50″N2°01′35″W / 52.5471°N 2.0265°W / 52.5471; -2.0265 Depicting Sleipnir, Odin's mythical eight-legged horse [18]
Maypole - Steve Field.jpg MaypoleJunction of Maypole Street and Windmill Bank, Wombourne 1999 (1999)SculptureSteel 52°32′09″N2°11′09″W / 52.53593°N 2.18584°W / 52.53593; -2.18584 Wombourne Parish CouncilIncludes mosaic work by Cathryn Ryall. [11] [19]
Salamander - Steve Field - 01.jpg Salamander in FlamesFlood Street Island, Dudley 2000 (2000) 52°30′26″N2°04′51″W / 52.50720°N 2.08085°W / 52.50720; -2.08085 Part of Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail. Lettering by Malcolm Sier. Fabrication by Apollo Engineering, Brierley Hill. [2] Depicts a salamander, in reference to salamanders in metallurgy.
Fleet Air Arm memorial - Steve Field.jpg Fleet Air Arm Memorial National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas 2009 (2009) Granite, on a Portland stone base
Hovering kestrel by John McKenna sculptor (2).jpg Hovering KestrelCitadel Logistics Centre, Bilston 2011 (2011) Stainless steel 52°34′06″N2°03′19″W / 52.56847°N 2.05526°W / 52.56847; -2.05526 (with John McKenna ARBS Sculptor)
Park Hall sketch - Steve Field.jpg Fons Juventis Park Hall Academy, Castle Bromwich 2011 (2011) Stainless steel Park Hall Academy Relief sculpture. Artist's sketch pictured
Prince Rupert in Well - Steve Field.jpg Civil war sculptureStevens Park, Wollescote 2011 (2011)(with Graham Jones) [20] Depicts Prince Rupert hiding from the Roundheads in the well at Wollescote Hall.
West Bromwich bus station.jpg Anamorphic Portico West Bromwich bus station 1999 (1999)-2002Mosaic and anamorphic column 52°31′02″N1°59′42″W / 52.51728°N 1.99499°W / 52.51728; -1.99499 Images loosely derived from David Christie Murray's book A Capful o' Nails. [4] [15]
Measham Sundial - Steve Field.jpg Giant pictorial sundialMeasham Millennium Green2002 (2002) Sundial 52°42′13″N1°30′32″W / 52.70358°N 1.50878°W / 52.70358; -1.50878 Commemorating Joseph Wilkes. [4] [21]

Bibliography

Field has also written articles about his work:

References

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  1. 1 2 "Public Art". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Millennium Sculpture Trail – Flood Street Island". BBC Online. 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Stephen Field". Royal Birmingham Society of Artists . Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mosaic Image – About Us". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dudley Millennium Sculpture Trail". BBC Online . 2003. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Suart, Paul (20 July 2011). "Emotional Return to Mark 60 Years". Birmingham Evening Mail . Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013– via HighBeam.
  7. 1 2 "Round About". MACE Archive. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  8. ↑ Ostler, Timothy; Field, Steve (18 January 1984). "Working With Artists: 1 Possibilities". Architects' Journal . 179 (3): 55–59, 61–66.
  9. ↑ "Gallery listings". Art Monthly (77): 41. 1 June 1984.
  10. 1 2 Tilson, Barbara (November 1991). "Art for the People". RIBA Journal . 98 (11): 41.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (1 January 2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. ISBN   9780853239895.
  12. ↑ "Field, Steve: 'Pegasus' mural". Public Art Research Archive. Sheffield Hallam University . Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Mythical mural". Burngreave Messenger. October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  14. ↑ Bennett, John (1990). Public Art Guide. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. p. 41. ISBN   0900911271.
  15. 1 2 "Anamorphic Mosaics". Mosaic Image. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "The Lone Rider". The Lone Rider. Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  17. ↑ Noszlopy, George T. (1998). Public Sculpture of Birmingham. Jeremy Beach (ed.). Liverpool University Press. ISBN   0853236925.
  18. ↑ "'Silly' Statue Sparks Row; Horse sculptor defends work". Birmingham Evening Mail. 8 July 1998. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013 – via HighBeam.
  19. ↑ "Maypole". Public Monuments and Sculpture Association. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "Park sculpture immortalises moment in Stourbridge history". Stourbridge News . 12 September 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Sundials". Mosaic Image. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
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