Images of: 'Teeming' by Robin Bell, 1989-1991. Location: Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

Meadowhall is a vast indoor shopping centre on the outskirsts of Sheffield. It opened around 1990 and is packed every weekend. These are some pictures of some art work inside Meadowhall designed to give a nod to Sheffield's steel city history.

In bronze on base behind teemer: "Teeming" / by / Robin Bell / 1989-90 Two identical bronze plaques, one at front of work and one at side by teemer:

BENJAMIN HUNTSMAN (1704-1770) WAS A CLOCK & WATCHMAKER FROM DONCASTER WHO CAME TO SHEFFIELD IN SEARCHOF QUALITY STEEL FOR CLOCK SPRINGS. THE TECHNIQUE OF STEEL MAKING WHICH HE DEVELOPEDUSING CLAY CRUCIBLE POTS REVOLUTIONISED QUALITYCONTROL & ENABLED SHEFFIELD STEEL TOBECOME PRE-EMINENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF STEEL.A DEVOUT QUAKER, HE ALLOWED NO PORTRAITOF HIMSELF TO BE MADE BUT THE CRUCIBLEMETHOD HAS REMAINED AS A TESTAMENT TO HIM.IT WAS USED FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.