Visiting the British Ironwork centre

I love visiting new places & expanding my understanding of my county of Shropshire which borders Wales.  

I have passed the British Ironwork Centre dozens of times over the years as it is on our route to Wales from Shropshire. However, I have never pulled in because I have always been on the way elsewhere. 

Last night I saw that they were holding some free entry days this week & with dry weather forecast, that is where we went for an interesting morning. 

The sculptures / ironwork is original & imposing from small to huge ones.

  

The animals displayed as 'extinct' are interesting & recognisable as true likeness.   

      

The large displays are really huge & can be seen in their elevated spaces. 

     

They reuse metal & waste metal which is good for the environment. 

    
 

    

A map of the generous site with its many groups of ironwork figures & creatures.  

The Knife Angel had toured around several towns since it was made. 

I saw it in our town centre a few years ago. 

It was returned to this space earlier this week & it now stands proudly again.

It was made from 100 000 knives that were seized or handed in & made safe in this sculpture. 

The size is impressive & if you look carefully you can see the knife handles & blades, the wings a juxtaposition against the blades. 

It is encouraging that so many metal parts are reused in original ways & it is an interesting visit across this generous space. 

    

  This was the ladies loo, complete with a Jurassic Park type visitor ...

Thank you for stopping by, do you have a favourite sculpture? 

Dee