Water jet cutter

Etching process

Etching machine

Knox

Carved out

Basking Shark

Negatives

Mananan

Jacobaea vulgaris

Guttery Gable

Cut out letters

Together

Carving tool

Pieces

The detail

Put put put

TT of course!

Shiney waves

Being laid

Son of the Sea

A – Y Layout

Regent St, Douglas

The A-Y of Manx is an artwork in the paving in Regent Street at the heart of the Isle of Man’s capital, Douglas. Each letter has come from a narrative of fact or folklore, geography or ecology – all coming together to compose a fascinating picture of the Isle of Man today.

The artwork illustrates 24 subjects related to the Isle of Man, some of which are well-known and obvious such as “Manx Cats”, “TT” and “Kippers” and some which are a little more obscure such as the “Giant Elk” and “Ogham”.

This is a BCA Landscape  & Smiling Wolf collaboration

The Manx A-Y is as follows:

A – Archibald Knox

B – Basking Shark

C – Cat

D – Doolish

E – Ellan Vannin

F – Financial Centre

G – Giant Elk

H – Horse Tram

I – Isle of Man

J – Jacobaea vulgaris

K – Kipper

L – Loaghtan Sheep

M – Manannan

N – Nickies and nobbies

O – Ogham Stone

P – Parliament

Q – Quocunque jeceris stabit

R – RNLI

S – Snaefell

T – TT

U – Up the south, down the north

V – Viking

W – Hunt the Wren

Y – You are here