The manlike sculpture took a single plodding step forward and stood, separate from the tree.

The sculpture takes its name from the region's steel heritage.

His sculptures always begin from a section of tree-trunk, and can take anything from one day to four months to complete.

Why, you might wonder, should sculpture have taken this turn?

The sculptures are not identical and take features from a variety of animals.

These are powerful hints at how Noguchi's sculptures took their place in the landscape.

The sculpture took four months to make and eight days to install.

After that, it was twice a week for at least the next month: probably longer, depending on how the sculpture took shape.

In total the sculpture took £250,000 to complete.

Listening means waiting, and one sculpture took shape over 25 years.