Several months have passed since Stourhead (National Trust Estate) first raised the possibility of our group creating a circular sculpture trail at Stourhead entitled 'Beyond the Garden Gate'. Various site visits, meetings, designs and much discussion have finally led to our Trail being given the go ahead. Yay... all very exciting! We decided it would be fun to have a brand name and this week 'Scraptors' came into being. Just to push the boat out (and have a dip in the lake - a bit silty as Rachel discovered...) we made some Heron masks and had a PR photoshoot with the help of vj Jack's fantastic photography skills (of http://vjultra.blogspot.com/) - see our photos below.
Heron - Paul Boswell/RachelMacleay
Frog - Anthony Wilson
Flower detail - Rachel Macleay
Flora amongst bulrushes - Rachel Macleay
Cocoon - Fiona Cambell
Posing as Herons with Heron and Frog
The plan is to create a series of sculptures which will explore themes connected with Stourhead, the story of the garden, the Hoares, the iconography of the temples and grottoes, wildlife and flora. Some will be collaborative and some will be made by us individually. Here are a couple of designs so far:
Bacchus crouching beside the lake, chasing a maiden/nymph - Paul Boswell
Arched forms, which will meet and entwine in a nest structure over the wooded path - Fiona
Campbell
Now for the real stuff of making... Watch this space!
