‘Granite-Wood-Bronze’ July\August 1996 Scottish Sculpture Workshop 1.1 x 2.5 x 21m
The SSW brought together an artist and two ‘young’ artists from Ireland, Sweden and England. They were: |
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We were given an open brief but our objective was to investigate, through collaboration, how the three materials - granite, wood and bronze could be used together. | |
We decided to make only one sculpture. The result was a seventeen metre single span bridge
which was left untitled. Each artist was responsible for two of the eighteen bronze brackets which joined the ten sections together. It was sited close to the workshop on a peat bog cleared by a fire several years previously. It remained for two years before it had to be removed. A catalogue was produced. The project was funded by European Union, Scottish Arts Council and local industry. |