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A fact from Growing Form appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?

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The result was: promoted by Kimikel talk 13:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Growing Form

... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form (pictured) as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?

Source: "Sculptor: Moelwyn Merchant ... the artist described it as "like a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"" from: Noszlopy, George Thomas; Waterhouse, Fiona (1 January 2005). Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-85323-989-5.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Black Eagle Silver Certificate

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 881 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 13:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Solid article on a piece of public artwork with an interesting hook. The article is long and new enough, reliably sourced and I believe it meets the DYK criteria. Good job. Moondragon21 (talk) 13:11, 22 October 2024