Pebble Mosaics in Cavendish Square

 Maggy Howarth who created unique pebble mosaics has died aged 79. Attracted by the appearance of the design in her Guardian obituary, I was amazed when I read that Thamesdown Borough Council commissioned two of her pebble mosaics in 1990 for Cavendish Square. I haven't heard anything about them, so thought I'd look up Cavendish Square Swindon, and there's nothing there either. It is however on the Swindon Index website where it says that one of the pebble mosaics had to be relocated to the lawn outside St. John's church due to restructuring of Cavendish Square.

Both mosaics appear on the Art UK website, two of ten entries. They looked lovely and not believing I had never heard of them, I walked over to have a look. 

This is the mosaic situated at the entrance to Cavendish Square. It has a fishy watery them with a sailing boat which seems quite strange since Swindon is about as far from the sea as you can get in the country. Maybe someone knows why this subject was chosen?

The other mosaic outside the church is much easier to understand. Maggy has depicted three birds with a steam engine inside on, a white horse in another and a cottage in the third.

Above the mosaic and below two close ups, the first with the steam engine inside:

and this one with a white horse inside

They are really beautiful and definitely worth visiting. I wonder if the one in the grass may need the weeds taking out of it.