the oscar wilde was commissioned, yes, but the... ..but scallop on aldeburgh beach...ople who don't know, that's this extraordinary... i think it's four tonnes of steel, a sort of elaborate scallop shell shape, which is right on the shingle beach at aldeburgh. yes. it's a shattered scallop, you know, because i think benjamin britten took classical music and wrung it by the neck and reinvented it and so it's the shattering scallop shell. but a friend of mine had come to tea and said, "oh, i thought i was going to be a statue "of benjamin britten in aldeburgh, maggi, "and i thought you were going to do it." and i said, "vanessa, you're pottier than ever," because i remembered about five years earlier there'd been a lot in the newspapers about aldeburgh not wanting a statue of benjamin britten, aldeburgh not entirely approving of benjamin britten and it made me very angry. so i started to make the maquette and, you know, the whole floor was covered in bits of scallop shell and all the rest of it. and then various people came to see it, including simon loftus, who was the

trust was not a commission, the oscar wilde was a commission but scallop on aldeburgh beach...shingle beach.- scallop shell shape right on the shingle beach. yes, it is shattered — the shingle beach. yes, it is shattered scallop. _ the shingle beach. yes, it is shattered scallop. i- the shingle beach. yes, it is shattered scallop. i think i shattered scallop. i think benjamin took classical music and rang by the neck and reinvented it so it is a shattering scallop shell but a friend of mine did come and said, i thought there was going to be a statue of him and i thought you were going to do it. and i said, vanessa, you up potty than ever because i remember about five years earlier, they had been something in the newspapers about aldeburgh not wanting a sculpture of him so i started to make a my cat and the whole floor was covered in bits and all the rest of it and then, various people came to see it, including some in loftus, the chairman of aldeburgh brewery at the time and he liked it very much and said we will have to get some money together and make it and so we work togeth