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13.4.10 Chris Spracklen

The font, Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, Wiltshire

Salisbury Cathedral's new font has been designed by William Pye, Britain’s most distinguished water sculptor, and is the church’s first permanent font for over 150 years. Cruciform in shape and with a three metre span to allow total immersion baptism, it is a beautiful green patinated bronze vessel with a Purbeck Freestone plinth and brown patinated bronze grating. The Salisbury Font has been specifically designed to combine both movement and stillness, with living streams of water flowing from its four corners whilst a perfectly smooth, still surface of water reflects the surrounding architecture of the cathedral.

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Bill Klein04-Sep-2012 21:01
Fantastic image, Chris! V!
chris morton26-Mar-2012 08:24
an excellent lively depiction of this fine modern sculpture
John Hamers17-Apr-2010 10:05
A wonderful image of this font, beautiful reflections !!
lou_rozensteins16-Apr-2010 09:38
Interesting shot. I never thought of a water sculpture for a font. It looks original in its shape. Well done.
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