Andy DeComyn Public Art
A very experienced, international public artist who has carried out prestigious commissions in Britain and Europe. He works in a variety of media including bronze, stone and wood as well as pioneering a new way of working with concrete to create truly unique sculptures. He works both figuratively and non figuratively and across all scales to the monumental. Over the years he has gained great experience in both creating and installing large sculptures, personally overseeing every aspect. statues, artwork, memorial, reliefs, portraits, commemorative, community art, mosaic, murals, sculptor of nudes.ommemorative, community art, mosaic, murals, Public Artist public art sculptor
The Last Shift
Commissioned by: Wigan Council and Morris Homes
Materials: Concrete and Steel
Height: 3 Metres
Location: Gadbury Fold, Atherton
Commissioned by Morris Homes through an initiative by Wigan Council and in partnership with Taylor Wimpey. This sculpture was in response to a commission to install public sculpture on the Gadbury Fold development in Atherton, Wigan. Four figurative and non-figurative proposals were put forward to public consultation, with “The Last Shift” being chosen as the preferred design. It depicts two miners and a deputy, emerging from the shaft for the final time. Sorrowful but with their dignity intact, the last workers ascend in the cage to the pithead before closure.