A journey completed. Nearly three years in the making, the public art programme for Moda, Hove Central reached its final milestone in Autumn 2025. From public art strategy and artist selection to community participation, curation and delivery, the vision has unfolded into three meaningful public artworks and an artist-in-residence programme; now woven in the heart of the neighbourhood. Each artwork draws on Hove’s industrial heritage and environmental character, weaving stories of craft, material, and place.
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Twin gateway sculptures marking the entrances to Moda, Hove Central. Inspired by ancient flint hand-tools, they honour Hove’s lineage of craftsmanship — from prehistoric flint mines to Victorian makers. The polished forms glint with shifting light atop corten steel plinths, acting as waymarkers that connect city, downs, and sea — a living link between Hove’s past and present.
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A bold, technicolour statement celebrating craft and community. Cascade captures the motion of light-filled water, frozen in ceramic form. Iridescent glazes shift with the day’s light, while its curved geometry creates a dynamic sense of flow that contrasts with the surrounding architecture.
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Eco Sculpture Trail
George Griffiths and Edgar Ward
George Griffiths and Edgar Ward
Twelve stone sculptures scattered through Moda, Hove Central, each depicting native flora and fauna — from chalk grasslands to coastal waters. Together, they celebrate the interwoven ecology that defines Hove’s landscape.
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A year-long arts and science residency designed to connect residents with nature and each other. Through creative citizen science, Kerry and her team explored the living layers of the new community — bacterial, botanical, animal, and human — revealing how art can root people more deeply in place.
From Stone to Steel
Cascade
Eco Sculpture Trail
