New stone sculpture at UEA Sainsbury Centre art trail

UEA’s has welcomed sculptor Anton Ford’s seven-foot stone carving – Tokiwai/Water Adze – to the Sainsbury Centre art trail by the UEA lake.

The distinctive dark stone monolith will be in place by the broad for three years.   

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Ford’s work takes inspiration from the use of stones by early Māori – who could select and shape some of the hardest rocks in the world into tools and weapons with knowledge passed through generations.

A document submitted with the plans explains that the Tokiwai/Water Adze is “inspired by the first tools that were used to cut, create, build, weave, skin and dig water trenches that allow water to flow and give life”.

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Anton Forde has been carving since he was 18 and studied under sculptors Paul Dibble, Gary Whiting and Paul Hansen.

A plaque by the sculpture provides information about the installation (Image: Jack Warren) The sculpture park at UEA has expanded since 2016 and contains three sculptures by sculptor Antony Gormley added in 2017.