Infant in a Rock at St Martin in The Fields, London
Infant in a Rock at St Martin in The Fields, London
Published 2015-11-27T17:46:29+00:00
Christ Child, also known as In the Beginning or the Millennium Sculpture, is an outdoor sculpture by Michael "Mike" Chapman, located under the portico of St Martins-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom. The opening text from the Gospel of John is inscribed around the sculpture: "In the beginning was the word and the word became flesh and lived among us".Chapman has said of the sculpture: "For the millennium I was commissioned to produce a sculpture to be placed in Trafalgar square, during Christmas prior to the celebrations. It seemed to me that a tiny life-size baby carved from stone in such an enormous environment would be the best way to remind us all of just whose birthday we were celebrating. In a 4.5 tonne block of Portland stone, this work can be found at the entrance to the church." It has been called "strikingly modern".
(Credit; Wikipedia)
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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)
Printed in FormFutura EasyFil White @ 215, heated bed @ 65, Med quality, 15% infill, standard support and raft settings.
Date published | 27/11/2015 |
Time to do | 180 - 240 minutes |
Material Quantity | 76g |
Dimensions | x125mm y101mm z27mm |
Technology | FDM |
Title | Infant |
Dimension | 4.5 tonne block |
Accession | x |
Period | 1999 |
Medium | Portland stone |
Credit | x |
Artist | Michael Chapman |