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Terrence Plowright b. 1949

Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer),
Artist (Sculptor)

Terrance Plowright, born in Sydney in 1949, is a sculptor and designer. He has been commissioned by various public, corporate and ecclesiastical sources to create many sculptures, murals, mosaics, stained glass windows, and fountains.

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"From Light; Water", 16 metre high x 6 metres wide, 250mm deep mural in relief. Floor, crushed granite, crushed coloured slab glass and coloured concrete. St. George Private Hospital

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Commission - "Aqua-helix", 11 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Central Station, Sydney, NSW

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"Arthur Downes", Life size portrait of founder of NSW Rural Fire Service. Cold cast bronze. New South Wales Museum of Fire Services

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Award
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Commission - "Wings Of Spirit", 6 metre high cast 316 stainless steel, 4.5 tonnes, Twin Waters, QLD

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Commission - "Connection", 3 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Auckland Airport, New Zealand

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Award
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"Ekshonge" (Together), 3.3 metre high, stainless steel with cold cast aluminium coating. C.R.P. hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Award
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"Champions", 12 portraitures (busts) of Australian Rugby League Champions, cold cast bronze,

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Commission - "Whales x 2", 1 x 8 metres and 1 x 5 metres length, cast 8mm polycarbonate skin, stainless steel reinforcing and binding. The entire skeletal structure was carved in dense foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW

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"Purity Of Spirit", 4.5 metres high x 3.3 metres wide, 3.5 tonnes, drawn, slumped, five sided bevel edged glass prisms, granite base. Originally, Neeta City Sydney, now, private collection.

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Award
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"Reconciliation", 3 metre high stainless steel, with LED lighting, sculptural water feature, Kings School

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Award
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Commission - "Obsession", 14 metres x 3 metres, stainless steel mural in relief, 12 different sports activities, all work laser cut with etched and painted stainless steel background. Redcliffe, QLD

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Award
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Commission - "Silence", 3 small bronze contemporary figures, 1 metre high, Adelaide Airport, SA

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Award
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Commission - "Cobar Miner", cast bronze 1 & life size memorial for the mining community, Cobar, NSW

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Award

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Unveiled by Bob Carr, State Premier
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Three Sisters Fountain, Katoomba. Seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2 metres high. Part of a fountain, (yet to be completed). Also, a life size Pit Pony and Welsh Miner, cast bronze. Scenic World Katoomba

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Award
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Commission - "Relationships", 3.3 stainless steel contemporary figures. Made from plate stainless steel part of a water feature, Kellyville, Sydney NSW

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Award
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Commission - "Flowering Streams", 5 metres high, created from stainless steel plate, weighing 2 tonnes. 18 nozzles, all hydraulics hidden inside, main central sculptured suspended. The Entrance, NSW

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Award
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Commission - Gordon Uniting Church, 12 stained glass windows, 1.2m x 3.2m metres, painted and etched.

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Award
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St. John's, Mt. Druitt, 200 metres of stained glass, all sacred furniture including the baptismal font, 4 life size sculptures, 1 cast bronze 1 & 1/4 life size figure with eagle, also forms part of a water feature, 14 "Stations Of The Cross", (steel with cold cast bronze surface + LED's), 2 mosaics 1.5 x 1.5 metres each. Mt.Druitt, Sydney, NSW

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Award
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"The Dance", 4 metre high, steel sculpture, Perth Hospital, Perth, WA

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Award
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Commission - "Eienstein", Life size bust, cast bronze, Moss Family, Sydney, NSW

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"Emergence", 6 metre high granite and stainless steels culptural water feature with 3 x sets of stainless contemporary figures surrounding the main feature

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Award
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St.Bernadette's, Castle Hill. 240 square metres of stained glass, painted, etched and fired works. 2 x sculptures, all the sacred furniture, made from marble and timber inlay

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"Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams", 50 metre water feature, 4 x granite plinths, 8 x 1.5 metre submersible pumps, 1 major 38 kva water wall pump, 5 variable speed drives, computer, 98 nozzles, LED lighting, etc. Deutsche Bank Headquarters

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Award
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Commission - "Nurturing: Nature: Profoundly Infinite", 22 metre high x 16 metre wide, metre deep mural in relief, weighing 8 tonnes, Parramatta, NSW

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Award
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Commission - "Convict Memorial", Five, 2.8 to 3 metres high cast bronze figures, weighing around 1 tonne each, Echo Point, Katoomba, NSW

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Award

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Terrence Plowright b. 1949

"From Light; Water", 16 metre high x 6 metres wide, 250mm deep mural in relief. Floor, crushed granite, crushed coloured slab glass and coloured concrete. St. George Private Hospital

Commission - "Aqua-helix", 11 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Central Station, Sydney, NSW

"Arthur Downes", Life size portrait of founder of NSW Rural Fire Service. Cold cast bronze. New South Wales Museum of Fire Services

Commission - "Wings Of Spirit", 6 metre high cast 316 stainless steel, 4.5 tonnes, Twin Waters, QLD

Commission - "Connection", 3 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Auckland Airport, New Zealand

"Ekshonge" (Together), 3.3 metre high, stainless steel with cold cast aluminium coating. C.R.P. hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

"Champions", 12 portraitures (busts) of Australian Rugby League Champions, cold cast bronze,

Commission - "Whales x 2", 1 x 8 metres and 1 x 5 metres length, cast 8mm polycarbonate skin, stainless steel reinforcing and binding. The entire skeletal structure was carved in dense foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW

"Purity Of Spirit", 4.5 metres high x 3.3 metres wide, 3.5 tonnes, drawn, slumped, five sided bevel edged glass prisms, granite base. Originally, Neeta City Sydney, now, private collection.

"Reconciliation", 3 metre high stainless steel, with LED lighting, sculptural water feature, Kings School

Commission - "Obsession", 14 metres x 3 metres, stainless steel mural in relief, 12 different sports activities, all work laser cut with etched and painted stainless steel background. Redcliffe, QLD

Commission - "Silence", 3 small bronze contemporary figures, 1 metre high, Adelaide Airport, SA

Commission - "Cobar Miner", cast bronze 1 & life size memorial for the mining community, Cobar, NSW

Three Sisters Fountain, Katoomba. Seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2 metres high. Part of a fountain, (yet to be completed). Also, a life size Pit Pony and Welsh Miner, cast bronze. Scenic World Katoomba

Commission - "Relationships", 3.3 stainless steel contemporary figures. Made from plate stainless steel part of a water feature, Kellyville, Sydney NSW

Commission - "Flowering Streams", 5 metres high, created from stainless steel plate, weighing 2 tonnes. 18 nozzles, all hydraulics hidden inside, main central sculptured suspended. The Entrance, NSW

Commission - Gordon Uniting Church, 12 stained glass windows, 1.2m x 3.2m metres, painted and etched.

"The Dance", 4 metre high, steel sculpture, Perth Hospital, Perth, WA

Commission - "Eienstein", Life size bust, cast bronze, Moss Family, Sydney, NSW

"Emergence", 6 metre high granite and stainless steels culptural water feature with 3 x sets of stainless contemporary figures surrounding the main feature

St.Bernadette's, Castle Hill. 240 square metres of stained glass, painted, etched and fired works. 2 x sculptures, all the sacred furniture, made from marble and timber inlay

"Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams", 50 metre water feature, 4 x granite plinths, 8 x 1.5 metre submersible pumps, 1 major 38 kva water wall pump, 5 variable speed drives, computer, 98 nozzles, LED lighting, etc. Deutsche Bank Headquarters

Commission - "Nurturing: Nature: Profoundly Infinite", 22 metre high x 16 metre wide, metre deep mural in relief, weighing 8 tonnes, Parramatta, NSW

Commission - "Convict Memorial", Five, 2.8 to 3 metres high cast bronze figures, weighing around 1 tonne each, Echo Point, Katoomba, NSW

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