The Dreamboat sculptures are located at the entry roundabout to Pontypool, situated on the main Crumlin road heading north-west.
The boat shapes were constructed from Stainless Steel at Panteg Steel Fabrications. They are individually mounted on stone footings for stability.
The five stainless steel boats, fabricated from the artist’s design by Panteg Fabrications, are intended to celebrate the steel industry and remind passing travellers of the importance of water transport to the area’s past employment here. They are shaped like paper boats reminiscent of childhood and leisure on the Afon Llwyd.
The patterned surface blasted onto the boats reflects light in different ways as motorist drive by. The pattern is reminiscent of the famous ‘Stormont’ design in the old tradition of Pontypool Japanware.