A PROJECT which saw 22 cast iron boundary markers installed across Teesdale has been recorded as part of an Art UK scheme.
The markers, designed by artist Richard Wentworth, were put in placed to mark the parish boundaries crossing the Teesdale Way in 1996.
The project was the brainchild of the former arts officer for Teesdale District Council, Rosie Cross, and received funding from the Arts Council.
After reading an article in the Mercury about photographer Elaine Vizor’s project to catalogue and photograph public works of art, Ms Cross suggested the boundary markers as a potential subject.
Ms Vizor, from Spring Gardens, said: “The markers were on my radar but with Covid, I couldn’t get out and about. When Rosie got in touch it reinvigorated me to get out and photograph them. Her enthusiasm for the project after 25 years is infectious.
“By re-photographing them it is bringing them back into focus for another generation…
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