Watching & Waiting Sculpture

Part of the Riverside Sculpture Trail artworks installation.‘Watching and Waiting’ is a sculpture that includes a telescope, a hamper with a book open on it, and a seat. Designed and made by Colin Wilbourn, Karl Firsher, Craig Knowles and Chaz Brenchly, the site of this sculpture is inspired by old maps which refer to this as ‘Look Out Hill’. The steel book in this sculpture features a piece of writing by Brenchly about the sea, and incorporates a version of this in braille. You can read the text that is engraved in the sculpture here.

Situated on a hillock (Lookout Hill), just off of Sand Point Rd. Is this rather wonderful stone and metal charting maps, books, hamper, bulking bag and telescope. Presumably in the past people would look out from here for boats coming in.Erected by sculpturers Colin Wilbourn, Karl Fisher and Craig Knowles. Part of the Riverside Sculpture Walk East from Wearmouth Bridge to Roker Beach