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The Knife Angel

By stuwhitt
The Knife Angel is currently on display at the Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park.

From Wikipedia "The Knife Angel (also referred to as the National Monument Against Violence & Aggression) is a contemporary sculpture formed of 100,000 knives created by artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre, based in Oswestry, England.
Completed in 2018, the structure of the angel stands at 27 ft (8.2 m) tall. In order to create the sculpture, 200 knife banks were produced by the Ironworks and amnesties held for individuals to anonymously donate their knives. Knives seized by police were also included, some of which arrived in evidence tubes still with bodily fluids on their surface.
The sculpture was created in order to highlight knife crime in the United Kingdom and educate young people of the harmful effect violent behaviour can have on their communities."

Tags: British Uk United kingdom England Places Europe Great britain Merseyside Wirral British isles Britain Landscape and travel U.k. PARK ROAD NORTH/BIRKENHEAD PARK

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Daisymaye Plus
14 26 24 Canada
3 Jul 2022 1:10PM
Amazing.
Chinga Plus
12 116 3 United Kingdom
3 Jul 2022 1:18PM
Fascinating ...
Isabel GrinGrin
sjr 5 743 England
3 Jul 2022 6:50PM
Such a great piece of art, we saw it recently in Aberystwyth.
The framing of its current location looks really good.

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