Designed in collaboration with pupils from St. Peter and St. Paul’s Roman
Catholic Primary School, the wood was saved from demolition of Sunderland's
riverside. The Hand is ‘meant to be a symbolic greeting’ to ships entering
the River Tyne. The work is part of the 'Art on the Riverside' scheme, and
was commissioned by the Customs House Charitable Trust on behalf of the
Council. The company on whose land the work stands may incorporate the Hand
in its paperwork as a new logo. Members of the public will usually be
admitted to the yard to see the work if they ask at the gate first.
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