‘The Voice of the City’

Stephen Broadbent

The Voice of the City sculpture stands near the site of Henry Penn's foundry (1685-1729), where bells were cast for Peterborough Cathedral and other churches. In this sculpture, the casting of molten metal into a stone mould represents the unstructured sounds being funnelled into a single note, symbolized further by the Chladni inlayed sound wave patterns. This iconic landmark designed by Broadbent Studios was created by Scribble Stone’s waterjet techniques using Scoutmoor stone and brass to emulate sound wave-like patterns.