Millennium Stone
The Millennium Stone –
Where Time, Place and Community Meet
Situated in the historic grounds of East Court, East Grinstead, The Millennium Stone is one of sculptor Liza Jane Stumbke’s most enduring public artworks. Commissioned by the Town Council to mark the turn of the millennium, the 11.5‑tonne ironstone monument was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 1999 and dedicated by the local community at midnight. It stands directly on the Greenwich Meridian, with the line itself etched into its surface with a diamond blade. Inspired by ancient sandstone formations from her childhood, the sculpture is meant to be touched—changing slowly over time through human contact.
Through its changing surface and deep symbolism,
it continues to speak—quietly but powerfully—
to everyone who stops to place a hand upon it.
Metaphor
Metaphor – A Tribute in Five Rings to the Borelli Legacy
Commissioned by Farnham Town Council in 2004, Metaphor is a striking public sculpture by Liza Jane Stumbke, created to honour the Borelli family—renowned silversmiths and benefactors of Farnham. Installed in the serene Evelyn Borelli Garden of Rest, the artwork features five galvanised steel discs, each 5 ft in diameter, etched with immortal passages from C.S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew. The discs symbolically echo the “Wood Between the Worlds”, bridging the urban town with the nearby arts university. The sculpture was officially dedicated by the town and county Mayors in a moving 2004 ceremony, and is represented by the James Hockey Gallery at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham.