ART'S ON THE TILES.

YOUNG and old have been taking part in a seaside art project.

People in Newbiggin-by-the- Sea have been carving tiles for an exhibit to mirror work by Angel of the North creator Antony Gormley

Antony Mark David Gormley OBE (born 30 August 1950) is an English sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, and Another Place .

While the artist's Field for the British Isles British Isles: see Great Britain; Ireland. comprised 40,000 terracotta figures, the villagers' version NE64, or Field for Newbiggin, will see 400 tiles placed overlooking the promenade.

Peter Seddon, a member of Keap Creative, said: "They are cobles, coalmines and bays representing fishing, mining and a seaside resort seaside resort n → playa

seaside resort sea n → station f balnéaire

seaside resort sea n → Badeort ."

The tiles will be installed over August Bank Holiday weekend.

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KEEP ON CARVING: Pete Seddon with the terracotta army and, below, Eva Hartly involved with the Field for Newbiggin seaside art project

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Publication:	Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:	Jun 6, 2008
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