It is located on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a tribute to composer Benjamin Britten.

[2] It is made from stainless steel and is 3.7 metres in height and weighs 3.5 tons, appearing as two halves of a seashell.

The sculpture features a quote from Benjamin Britten’s opera, Peter Grimes: "I hear those voices that will not be drowned".

[1] Hambling was not paid for her time working on the sculpture and funded manufacturing costs with her own money and sales of her artwork.

[3] Hambling intended the piece to be interacted with, climbed on, sat on, "made love" under, and used as a shelter.