Exploration, on Redcliff Quay, Brsitol is sometimes called a sculpture, obelisk or statue. It was commissioned in 1991 by Standard Life Assurance and is is the product of three artists. James Blunt made the Armillary Sphere. The rings symbolise the Horizon, Meridians, Arctic/Antarctic Circles, Equator and Tropics. The broad Ecliptic ring depicts the passage of the sun according to the seasons and the hemisphere. Philippa Threlfall and Kennedy Collings made the terracotta panels of the obelisk. Here are representations of sea monsters, fishes and serpents from the unknown deep, some based on pictures found in ancient bestiaries.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.about-bristol.co.uk/sta-05.asp">[1]</a>
In the background is St Thomas the Martyr, a redundant parish church.
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