This is Leicestershire --This is the 30ft-high "Leicester Lightbulb" that could soon be illuminating part of the city.
The sculpture has been unveiled as the preferred design in a competition to erect a landmark on the corner of Melton Road and Troon Way, in Rushey Mead.
It would go on the site of the former GE Lighting factory, on which Sainsbury's is building a superstore.
The company is contributing £70,000 towards the creation of the landmark.
This design, one of several submitted and the one favoured by the team of judges led by Leicester East MP Keith Vaz – was conceived by professional sculptor John Sydney Carter, from Foxton, near Market Harborough.
It would be made with stainless steel tubes in the shape of a giant lightbulb and illuminated by lights shining on it.
Sydney said: "I thought if we wanted something that compares with the Angel of the North and will put Leicester on the map, we needed a design that was modern and futuristic.
"At night it would be lit up.
"The design is a nod to the industrial heritage of the site where millions of lightbulbs were made over the years.
"The idea was to try to incorporate a kind of globe and what is not too clear from the image is a ring of stone or slate set in the ground which will carry the name of every country in the world that people have come from to settle in Leicester."
Sydney, who created the "Concerto" sculpture at De Montfort Hall and the Atomica at the Henry Wellcome building, at Leicester University, said he was not sure his design could be delivered for £70,000 but said: "There may be a way to get some more money for it – maybe through public donations."
Mr Vaz said: "By far the most popular proposal centred on the theme of a lightbulb, with 40 per cent of submissions this shape.
"The next highest design type was statues of Richard Attenborough which made up 8 per cent of those sent in."
Of Sydney's idea, he said: "The design is stunning. It looks to the future but builds on the past.
"The public has made it clear this is their preferred design and I'm delighted Leicester will get what it has always deserved – an instantly recognisable landmark for 21st century.
"Mr Carter has encapsulated the history, diversity and future of the city."
Other ideas put forward include a statue of naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough and a giant DNA double helix to celebrate the city's breakthrough in genetic fingerprinting, led by Sir Alec Jeffreys.
Mr Vaz thanked members of the judging panel, including Leicester Mercury editor Richard Bettsworth, business leader Dharmesh Lakhani and Mellor Primary School headteacher Karen Hammond.
He also thanked the scores of competition entrants.
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