public art

It Takes Two

Bob Allen
Sculpture
Bronze
2002

Canary wharf
London E14 5AJ
Tube Canary Wharf; DLR Canary Wharf


Bob Allen takes his inspiration from nature. He carves his pieces in wood using traditional tools such as adze, bolster and chisels.
It Takes Two is a bronze cast of an original carving in English Yew from the fallen bough of an ancient tree listed in the Doomsday Book. When he started the work, Allen did not know what he would create. The female form emerged first which, he then complemented with a male form – they are locked together in a dance, entwined and inseparable.

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