Description: The sky mirror was designed by Turner Prize winning artist Anish Kapoor. Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Born in Bombay, he has lived and worked in London since the early 70's. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in numerous private and public collections, including the Tate Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Reina Sofia in Madrid and Stedlijk Museum in Amsterdam. Kapoor sees his work as being engaged with deep-rooted metaphysical polarities; presence and absence, being and non-being, place and non-place and the solid and the intangible. Throughout Kapoor's sculptures his fascination with darkness and light is apparent; the translucent quality of the resin works, the absorbent nature of the pigment, the radiant glow of alabaster and the fluid reflections of stainless steel and water. Through this interplay between form and light, Kapoor aspires to evoke sublime experiences, which address primal physical and psychological states. On Friday 27th April 2001 Sky Mirror was unveiled at a launch attended by around 400 people, including representatives from Government, the Arts Council, the business community, local people and Frank Bruno. Guests were entertained by fire eaters, a string quartet and a percussion band as well as being amongst the first people to see the stunning Sky Mirror sculpture, in the newly developed forecourt area, which has been renamed The Djanogly Playground, in recognition of the contribution that Sir Harry Djanogly has made to the project. Sky Mirror is nearly 6m in diameter and weighs nearly 10 tonnes. A smaller sculpture was made to test the manufacturing process. The safety of both any reflections and it's strength in adverse weather conditions have been checked. The stainless steel for the sculpture is from Sweden and Sky Mirror was manufactured in Finland through a process of cold forging. It was then taken to Wellingborough in the UK for final polishing to create the highly reflective surface. The forecourt re-development uses 900 sq. m granite paving. The grey granite for the forecourt was quarried in South Africa, the water feature granite quarried in Zimbabwe. The granite was cut and finished in Germany and installed by specialists from Portugal. 150 cu. m of concrete was used for the forecourt with 10 tonnes of steel reinforcement. Sky Mirror is attached to the water feature by 18 stainless steel bolts, each 1.6m long. Contrary to media speculation Sky Mirror does not pose any danger to the public or pigeons in the form of a barbecue ray. Scientists have plotted the sun's movement over the forecourt area and a temporary sun screen on the roof of the playhouse will prevent direct sunlight onto Sky Mirror for two months of the year.