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Green Wind
County Suffolk   District Council Ipswich Borough Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ipswich  Town/Village* Ipswich - Ravenswood 
Road Downham Boulevard 
Precise Location The Tump at the end of Downham Boulevard in Ravenswood 
OS Grid Ref TM190412  Postcode IP3 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Beyond a children's playground on top of a landscaped mound  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Diane Maclean  Artist(s)   
Birch Engineering  Other   

Commissioned by

 Ipswich Borough Council and Ashwell Developments 

Design & Constrn period

 2005-6 

Date of installing

 15/11/2006 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Installation

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Posts  Stainless steel with brushed finish  H 7-10 m x Dia 15 cm 
Vanes  Stainless steel with reflective coloured oxide finish  L 1 m (approx) 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Ipswich Borough Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail: Very minor markings on several posts made with indelible markers

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 An installation of twelve cylindrical posts on a landscaped earthwork, which overlooks the Orwell in one direction and the new estate on the former airfield on the other. The posts are arranged in a horseshoe pattern at varying heights, with one central post slightly higher than the rest. Each post is surmounted by a wing-shaped vane, which changes colour according to the angle from which it is seen, and its movement in the wind as the vanes rotate individually to create changing patterns against the backdrop of the sky. 

Description (iconographical)

 Green Wind incorporates a range of references suggested by its location on a former air field; based on the cross-section of airplane wings the vanes recall wind socks and flags as well as the flight patterns of birds or shoals of fish. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  13/8/2007
Date logged:  8/5/2007

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  3/4/2007

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 Correspondence with the artist (1-9 Mar-07) and with Jonathan Stephenson- Project Manager at Ipswich Borough Council(2-Mar-07) 

Database

 Date entered:  4/4/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks