Sculpture that celebrates the sea, nature and biodiversity of Norfolk.

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2022

Reedham, UK.

Norfolk Art Trail.

Completed.

Permanent Public Art Installation.

Studio Maetherea.

Iron Reef.

A public art commission on the River Yare, Iron Reef celebrates the ecological and industrial heritage of Reedham Ferry and the Norfolk landscape. Built from recycled iron rods that move with the wind, it mimics the reeds surrounding it. The sculpture is amphibious, with a walkway that appears and disappears with the tide, and a bioluminescent path that glows at night. Iron Reef changes with the tides, seasons, day and night, offering something new to experience each visit.

A person in a long white dress standing in shallow water near a modern sculpture made of rust-colored metal bars, with a natural landscape and cloudy sky in the background.
A modern orange metal fence on a grassy field with a tree and a partly cloudy sky in the background, and seagulls flying overhead.
A modern wooden sculpture with tall vertical rods reflecting in a calm body of water, with grassy landscape and trees in the background during sunset or sunrise.
Sculptural art installation with rust-colored metal rods forming an abstract structure near a body of water, surrounded by marshland and tall grasses, under a clear sky.
A person standing in water near a tall, abstract metal sculpture with slanted rods forming geometric shapes, surrounded by nature.
A woman in a beige dress standing inside a large circular metal sculpture near a body of water during sunset.
Three women in beige coats standing and walking on a modern metal installation on the water during sunset, with reflections and a natural landscape in the background.
Nighttime view of a large, geometric metal sculpture with colorful light reflections, situated near water and reflecting in it, with starry sky above and grassy terrain in the background.
Night view of a modern outdoor sculpture with vertical golden bars forming curved shapes, reflected in water, against a dark sky with distant stars.
A tall, slanted metal fence in a field of tall grasses with the sun shining brightly in the background.

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“The team really captured the poetic essence of our installation, revealing the sculptural life of Iron Reef.”

— Cristina Morbi, Director, Studio Maetherea.