More Hastings

Leigh Dyer is a self-taught metal sculptor working out of Hastings, the English town best down for a battle that took place nearby nearly a millennium ago.

Hunt, who heads Incurva Studios, is adorning the town with statues that combine sea life with giant chess pieces. As the English Chess Federation reported, the town already had a giant chess board in a park. But now it also has:

• a conger eel wrapped around a king.
  
• an octopus gripping a rook.
  
• a seahorse knight.

In addition, Dyer’s giant winkle on a column with fish, a separate work, looks a lot like a pawn.