The Columbus Screen at Canary Wharf is jewellery designer Wendy Ramshaw's largest work to date. The Columbus theme led her to a design based on the navigational charts used by the great explorer, an apposite choice given the proximity of Greenwich and its associations with maritime history. Ramshaw is best known for her jewellery, intricate brooches and rings, which can be seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum, but she has also tackled larger scale works, for example her ornamental gates for St. John's College Oxford or her glass doors at Southwark Cathedral.
Columbus Screen, 2000
Columbus Screen, 2000