This project has been commissioned by Willmott Dixon and E.Turner & sons as part of a new school build in LLanfoist, near Abergavenny.
The sculpture will be sited in the playground of the new school which is due to open this September.
The shape of the sculpture is based on an unfurling fern frond and represents growth. On one side of the sculpture is an etched stainless steel height measuring element so that the children can measure how tall they are growing. On the other side is a recessed panel into which low relief images are modelled based on drawings produced by the children at the existing school, depicting LLanfoist and surrounding areas.
The sculpture is cast aluminium with a painted surface
LLanfoist School Fern sculpture
Completed sculpture. 29/09/08
Fern sculpture installed but not completed
Fern sculpture installed at LLanfoist school
Painted Fern sculpture with stainless steel measurer
Bare aluminium Fern
Cast Aluminium Fern sculpture
Fern sculpture drawing
Childrens panel design
Modelled panel.
modelling of the children’ drawings in the recess.
Fern sculpture
Fern sculpture with measuring element
Fern sculpture model
Fern sculpture modelled in plaster and MDF
Plaster Fern sculpture with some carvings.
