Emma Denby

ALLIED WATERS

PUBLIC ARTWORK COMMISSION

Commissioned for the series of events taking place in Sowerby Bridge over the Jubilee celebrations weekend by High Street Heritage, this sculpture was a response to the brief ‘Future Heritages’. As a response to the waterways and canal infrastructures that wind through the towns of West Yorkshire, the form was created based on the way communities have been connected and enriched by the development of the waters. It explores how rooted in the rich industrial heritage of Sowerby Bridge and nearby towns, the waters were utilised and furthermore benefited the network of people surrounding them.