Stracathro… drilling and welding

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

Selby Post July 5th 2012

Article published in The Selby Post last week.

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.

Bondgate Community Woodland, Workshops at Selby Primary Schools

Following on from the workshop held at Selby High School, workshops have now been held at Selby Abbey Primary School, Selby Community Primary School and Longman’s Hill Primary School. Involving children from years 3, 4 and 5 Ailsa worked with the pupils to design features for the Community Woodland. The children made pastel compositions based on natural forms. They then looked at the outline of the composed pastel drawing and drew the silhouette describing the form of their proposed sculpture.

In the afternoon the children modelled their sculptures in raku clay. Some lovely little pieces resulted from the children’s hard work. Ailsa is going to use these to inform the design of a number of wood carvings which will become permanent features in the community wood. In all 70 children took part in the primary school workshops.

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.