Monday 29 September 2014

Sites chosen for Stourhead installations

We went to Stourhead the National Trust landscape garden in Wiltshire to discuss with the management the sites for the installations to be be placed over the next two years to commemorate the effect of World War 1 on the Stourhead community.  The site above, the western branch of the main lake was chosen for the floating installations. There will  be convalescent soldiers and a band. Below  will be the site of  the Giant Bike. Ebenezer Stone, a Stourhead stable lad, made his own bike before the war but lost both his legs in the conflict. The bike will lean against  the railing.

Saturday 27 September 2014

Christ by Chomo in Milly-en-Foret near Paris

                       Near  Cocteau's house  in the church is this statue of Christ by Chomo.





Wednesday 24 September 2014

Sculpture sites at Stourhead

We went to Stourhead,the National Trust estate in Wiltshire,to look at possible sites for installations to be placed from 2015 to 2016  to commemorate the effect of World War 1 on the community.We came across this monster in a remote corner .



Saturday 20 September 2014

Pyramids and camels planned for Stourhead in World War 1 project

We went to Stourhead,the National Trust estate in Wiltshire, to discuss the project to commemorate the effect of World War 1 on the community with five installations by the Scraptors. The installations will be put in  from February 2015 over two years.This is one of our preliminary drawings.. Many of the local men joined the Dorset Yeomanry which fought at Gallipoli and in Palestine. Camels were used for transport. The off duty soldiers in Egypt naturally visited the pyramids at Giza near Cairo.