Overview
- A St Austell Town Team survey of nearly 500 residents found about 90% want the Earth Goddess removed.
- Local MP Noah Law said pigeons are nesting in the structure and there is no proper management plan.
- The group that commissioned and installed the piece has dissolved, leaving no clear body to manage or remove it.
- Sculptor Sandy Brown said relocating the work is not practical or cheap because it is built from many parts around a metal frame.
- The 11.5m-tall, £80,000 ceramic statue, installed in 2022 as the centerpiece of a clay-heritage art trail, has become a focus for complaints about spending and weak public consultation.