Installed in December 2003, and the seventh work to be shown in the Napoleon Garden, MAYFLOWER was named after the engineering company in Sheffield where it was made. Although it is not a representational piece, the bright colour of the main element, together with its roughly circular shape, makes the name feel appropriate. Like all purely abstract sculpture it is about itself; its internal relationships and those it makes with the viewer and the space that contains it.

There are two main parts to consider: the dominant one is the shallow concave curve with its immediately friendly form that suggests an enveloping embrace. The applied, gently mottled colour reinforces that response, hinting at a sunny disposition. It is set against a much meatier and heavy-looking 'beam' that balances across the top of it, which could be felt as a more threatening presence. In spite of that, the yellow dish seems to bear its weight effortlessly, with no distortion of its shape, colour or surface. If there is a burden being borne here it is being done lightly; with grace and poise.