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Frosterley Fossil Sculpture

This sculpture is a carved block of Frosterley Limestone
inset with cast bronze interpretations of the fossils
found within it. The fossil installation is displayed on an
oak plinth among the Frosterley floor tiles and oak doors
and display cabinets in the Marble Hall of the Laing.

Prominent ‘PleaseTouch’ and information labels in text
and Braille are attached to the plinth.

The sculpture is finished on one side to reflect the
smoothness of the floor tiles and the central section shows
and explains the unusual shapes seen in the tiles with
carved and truncated fossils. The third section is a
representation of a carboniferous sea floor with
‘living’ dibunophyllum bipartitum cast in bronze.

Copyright: Laing Art Gallery

The Department of Coelenterates at the
Natural History Museum in London offered invaluable
advice in establishing the most accurate representation
of ‘dibunophyllum’. This was achieved by comparison
of the fossil record with the closest living descendants
of this ancient carboniferous creature.

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