Public Art Gourdon Aberdeenshire
Robert Lawrence • 17 September 2021
Environmentally Responsible Public Art - Gourdon.
Seaview Community Park, Gourdon Aberdeenshire is, as the name implies, run by a community group, a group of enthusiastic proactive friends and neighbours, who have created an attractive environment for all generations of their village to gather and enjoy the open space. Robert of Ingrained Culture has been commissioned to make various sculptures for Seaview Community Park, the latest piece 'A Wave To Our Past' was installed this week.
The piece, as you can see from the photos, is a contemporary wave shape that Robert designed and built entirely by hand and eye alone, and the extensive carved text, focuses on the human heritage of Gourdon. It speaks about the men and women involved in herring fishing, the Selbie Works flax spinning mill and invites people of today to enjoy the Park. It's a truly collaborative piece, there is a poem by Celia Craig especially commissioned for this piece, and all the other text and the piece's name is the work of Robert's client - J.M. & L.S.
In common with all work from Ingrained Culture, 'A Wave To Our Past' is made exclusively from 100% legal and sustainable Scottish grown wood, and its manufacture has one of the lowest possible carbon foot prints. I have developed many different techniques to make wooden sculpture like this, suitable for permanent outside installation. All my work is about Climate Crisis mitigation.
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