Accession Code: wu0355w Title: Kilve - Rock Symphony Date completed: 1973 Medium: Prints Material: Relief print Height (mm): 667 Width (mm): 474 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed. Artist's Proof. Inscribed with title. Location Name: Humanities Building Location Description: Psychology Location Floor: 1

The coast at Kilve Bay in west Somerset overlooking the Bristol Channel has a rich and complex range of geological features; an outcrop of Jurassic Blue Lias contains alternate layers of black shales and limestone, intricately patterned with joint lines and faults. At the shoreline the limestone forms jointed ‘pavements’ from which metre high domes protrude, formerly fluid escape structures formed during the initial creation and settling of the earth’s crust.
These structures and patterns were obviously a source of fascination for Gerald Clements and provided him with the subjects for the twelve prints in his Kilve Bay series.

Kilve Rock Symphony would seem to reference the the limestone pavements and the rock strata at Kilve, the setting sun adding drama and colour to the scene.