Stracathro Sited.

Seen Through Hand and Heart
Susan Carnegie Centre, Stracathro Hospital nr Brechin, Angus
Commissioned by Tayside NHS

Stracathro….. almost done

The piece is oxidising nicely. Today we’ve put the oak sections in place. Everything seems to fit okay, just a bit of tweaking here and there. We hope to install the piece at the end of next week, all being well.

Stracatho Project… moved outside

This week at Stracathro the foundation pad for the piece has been installed. Back at the studio the work has now moved out into the yard for oxidisation.

Meanwhile indoors we continue to work on the oak…. almost there.

Stracathro…. all 3 pieces are up

 

 

The end of a busy week and we now have all 3 pieces standing. We hope to have construction completed by the end of next week.

Stracathro…. it is standing up

Today I stayed home to do the books meanwhile Hamish has been continuing to work on ‘Seen Through Hand and Heart’. I’ve just found these photos posted to our Facebook page and was really pleased to see the piece now standing up. It was a nice surprise to see today’s progress. There’s a lot more grinding for me to do yet but progress is steady.

Stracathro…. grinding

There’s a lot of grinding to do… best go and get on with it!

Stracathro… drilling and welding

Now all the cutting is completed it is time to start putting the pieces together.

Stracathro…. site marking 3rd July 2012

Above drawing shows plan views of the sculpture. Top right is the location drawing. The images below show the site marked out ready for the foundations. As soon as we have some drier weather the foundations will go in….. hopefully this will be before the middle of August!

 

The sculpture will sit within the rectangle, the circular area will be filled with self binding gravel to match the existing pathway.

Stracathro…. progress week beginning 9th July

By the end of today all three main elements should be cut out.

There will be a bit of grinding and finishing to do to tidy up the edges. This will be done once the double thickness has been welded on.

 

Stracathro Project…. progress

Work is progressing on the Stracathro sculpture. Last week we drew out the site to scale in the yard. The piece will sit within a 6m gravel circle which cuts through the existing path.

We’ve started cutting out the steel.

 

The oak horizontal element is under construction.

Stracathro Project….. Templates (day 2)

The imagers here pretty much speak for themselves. Once the drawings have been drawn full size, we cut MDF patterns to use as guides for cutting the steel which will be done using a plasma cutter

Largest piece…. cut.

The pattern for the wooden seat.

Stracathro Project… Templates

Next week we plan to begin fabricating our piece for the Susan Carnegie Centre, Stracathro Hospital near Brechin. First of all we need to draw up full size templates as cutting guides. The images are projected onto boards making this process easier than having to square it all up like in the olden days!!!

Final Maquette Presented 27/04/12

On Friday 27/04 Ailsa presented the final maquette to the panel at the Susan Carnegie Centre, Stracathro Hospital. The reaction was very positive and the go-ahead was given for fabrication.

Work can now begin scaling the piece up to its full size.

Designs for Susan Carnegie Centre, Stracathro Hospital, Brechin

Last Thursday I presented designs at Stracathro Hospital near Brechin. We had been invited by Tayside NHS to bid for a project to create a sculptural seating element for the newly opened Susan Carnegie Centre at the hospital. Happily we won the contract, this will be our first project in our native Scotland which makes it doubly pleasing to have achieved.


Some further design development will now take place before fabrication. The piece will be complete later in the year. As ever I will be posting regularly as the project progresses.