Whitespace Productions

S-J of Whitespace Productions has kindly made a shorter film version of our Scraptors' Sculpture Trail at Stourhead to help with our IndieGoGo fund-raising launch - planned for February and March.  See recently revamped website: http://www.whitespace-productions.co.uk/

Scraptors flim on Vimeo by Whitespace

S-J White of Whitespace, one of our sponsors for our Sculpture Trail Beyond the Garden Gate  at Stourhead the National Trust gardens in Wiltshire in September  has produced this evocative film for us of it. Many thanks.

All Hallows visit our Trail (now open 'til 3rd Oct pm) in the sunshine

Fiona went to Stourhead today to meet a large group of All Hallows Prep School Yr 8 students who were visiting our Scraptors' Sculpture Trail.  We are taking it down from next Tuesday 4th October - a slight extension to the 30th September end date - and it was one of the last chances to take pictures of our work there.  Everything glowed in the sunshine and Stourhead looked staggeringly beautiful.  The children explored the Trail with great enthusiasm and our Children's Quiz sheets seemed to help.  As they were studying metals in Science, learning about sustainability, studying mythology in Latin and some doing Surrealism/metamorphosis with Fiona in extra-curricular Art, the Trail provided plenty of relevant cross-curricular themes. 

Wells Cathedral School visits our Sculpture Trail at Stourhead

Various schools have scheduled visits to our Trail - so far with very positive feedback.  Below is a picture sent to Fiona from Wells Cathedral Junior School of the children discovering the Chameleon.  

Sketches of the Sculptures

Paul made these drawings (above) of some of the sculptures on the trail.  Drawn on Wookey Hole paper they were for sale at the private view and most of them sold.  Below are a few of Fiona's drawings which were the basis for some of her sculptures on the Trail.

Children's Quiz for Stourhead Sculpture Trail

We created a Children's Quiz for the Stourhead Sculpture Trail (1-30 Sept), as the Trail is particularly suitable for children.  Copies of the Quiz are available at Stourhead on request, but below is a copy.  The quiz needs to be used in conjunction with our Scraptors leaflet - also available at Stourhead - as some of the answers can be found within our List of Work (also below):

Scraptor Trail at Stourhead more images

Anthony went to Stourhead to take some more photos - difficult when we were so busy putting the stuff up. S-J White from our sponsor Whitespace of Frome was there making a film about the trail. There had been a serious gale the night before and it was good to see the sculptures totally unscathed. Above is a Simulacrum  - a fallen tree with a likeness to a strange creature. Difficult to photograph in the deep shade.  Anthony added the eyes and Paul the paint to accentuate the likeness. Below Rachel's Fungi made using lampshades.

                                       

 The silver Fungi are by Anthony and the wavy by Rachel, by Six Wells at Stourhead in the Sculpture Trail

                                         Below Bacchus by Paul and Rachel. He has a retinue.

  Above Fiona's Dragonfly. Below  the Eye across the lake. We meant it to reflect in the water but in summer there is too much greenery. The Eye is a hubcap from a lorry and it makes the fallen tree into a monster.

                                             Below Fiona's Spider

Work in Progress at Stourhead

The Scraptors are hard at work at Stourhead. The Frogs mock King Heron is now in place with Frogs by Anthony and Heron by Paul and Rachel. It alludes to the Fable of Aesop in which the Frogs ask Zeus for a King and he sends them a Heron. The Frogs mock the Heron so he sends a snake which eats them. Below Paul paints a tree while Rachel stands on the bottom of the ladder. These will be in a sculpture trail throughout September.

Below, the Scraptors in full waders to avoid more wet, silty experiences.  Amphibian goes into the far lake (Rachel and Paul), Fiona adds weight to her Heron and her Chameleon gets installed on it's resting place - an old dead, mossy, fallen tree overlooking the lake, with the help of NT helpers, Fiona's son and Jack (vjultra), our in-house photographer.

Scraptor Horse travels from Horseworld near Bristol to Stourhead

                                
Paul, Rachel and Anthony went to Horseworld, the horse sanctuary near Bristol to collect the horse by Paul and Rachel that has been there since 2009. It will feature in the Scraptors Sculpture Trail as Stourhead, the National Trust gardens in Wiltshire throughout September. Above, Rachel holds the Horse in place on the lifting gear at Horseworld.  Below in its horsebox (decorated by Paul in 2009) on its way through Radstock, its arrival outside Stourhead House and its final position in the woods at Stourhead, with 3 Scraptors and NT helpers.