Michael Dan Archer
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Michael Dan Archer FRSS is a Scottish sculptor and teacher. His sculptures, some on a large scale, stand in many locations in Britain and abroad.
"Silent", in Skulpturenpark Durbach, Germany
"Full Fathom Five", in Portishead, Somerset
Port Marine, Portishead
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Port Marine is a mixed-use, waterfront neighbourhood in the town of Portishead in North Somerset and an exurb of Bristol. Masterplanned during the late 1990s on the docklands and power station brownfi
Michael Dan Archer
…Place in Portishead, Somerset, on the edge of the Bristol Channel. It was commissioned and funded by Crest Nicholson and Persimmon Homes as part of the Port Marine development. There are 108 granite columns, of height up to 3 metres (9.8 ft), in an area 84 by 48 metres (276 by 157 ft) on a large earthwork. 37 of…
A view of Portishead Quays Marina and adjacent residential buildings belonging to the Port Marine development.
An example of public art and high-rise residential buildings in the area. The artwork pictured is Full Fathom Five by Michael Dan Archer.
Remnant of an embankment for the Portishead railway near Sheepway that proposals aim to reinstate.