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Title*

Big Head (Hearts of Oak Sculpture Trail)
County Suffolk   District Council Mid Suffolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Eye  Town/Village* Eye 
Road Hoxne Road 
Precise Location On the left of the B1077 out of Eye along the Debenham Road 
OS Grid Ref TM149732  Postcode IP23 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Footpath across fields  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Hearts of Oak  Carver(s)   

Commissioned by

 Mid Suffolk District Council 

Design & Constrn period

  

Date of installing

 2003 

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: Wood carving

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
Head  Oak  H 2.5 m x Dia 1.15 m 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Mid Suffolk District Council and Suffolk County 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:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions On plaque on base : BIG HEAD By the HEARTS OF OAK ORGANISATION (HOO), 2003. This sculpture is part of the Oak Sculpture Trail, a project commissioned and funded by Mid Suffolk District Council’s Arts Development Service working in conjunction with artists Ray Brooks and Ben Platt-Mills and the local community. Additional funding for this project came from Suffolk County Council, The European community Fund and The Upper Waveney Valley Countryside Project. 

Description (physical)

 Colossal fantasy head carved from a tree trunk and set besides the B1077, to the south of Eye Castle, to mark a footpath across fields with the River Dove in the background 

Description (iconographical)

 The head relates to the primitivism of the Hoxne Man but is more amusing 

Photographs

 Date taken:  23/3/2007
Date logged:  26/3/2007

Photographed by:
David Hulks and Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  23/3/2007

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 www.treesculpture.co.uk accessed 29-Jun-07 / www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HoxnePC accessed 29-Jun-07 

Database

 Date entered:  29/6/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks