Description:

Each of the three reliefs is situated within a black edged arch, with the head of the arch being shaped to reflect the image within the arch.

The relief of the coal miner is within a frame that has the shape of a pithead's two wheels. He kneels on one knee and uses a pickaxe to chip at the coal face that surrounds him.

The second and largest relief shows a potter working on a potter's wheel. It is set within a frame in the shape of a pottery kiln. The bowls he is manufacturing are hardening on a shelf in the foreground of the image.

The last relief is set within a frame in the shape of a brick kiln. It shows a brickmaker removing a brick from its mould with two shelves of bricks hardening in the background.

These sculptures celebrate three traditional industries of Burslem, brick manufacture, mining and pottery. 

Background:

Staffordshire County Council adopted a 'percent for art' policy in 1990. This has been a successful method of introducing the work of artists and craftsmen into all new capital schemes, such as road improvements and schools.