Growing Form
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Growing Form is a work of public art in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It stands around 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) tall, with the upper portions in cast aluminium and the lower part a granite pedestal. Growing Form was commissioned by Burton & District Arts Council from sculptor Moelwyn Merchant and unveiled in 1982.
The sculpture is formed of a 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) tall cast aluminium body atop an 80-centimetre (31 in) high granite plinth.[1][2] The plinth is in the form of a square-based pyramid with sides 53 centimetres (21 in) in length. A plaque on the pedestal gives the name of the sculpture, its sculptor (Reverend Professor Moelwyn Merchant) and the year it was installed (1982). The plaque further notes that the work was "commissioned by Burton & District Arts Council aided by West Midlands Art". It stands near to the library and the flood plain of the River Trent in Burton upon Trent. Merchant had intended the piece to be surrounded by two rows of slate columns; due to budget constraints this element was not installed and instead it was enclosed by a circle of trees. It now stands on a patch of grass adjacent to a flood defence wall and a car park.[2]
