The Sculpture Trail opened on Weds 19th July and is open every Weds to Sunday till 3rd September. You can book on-line or just turn up on the day. More info on their website https://raveninghamsculpturetrail.com
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Meg has been working for the past 6 weeks on three new pieces for the Raveningham Sculpture Trail, which opens on Sat 31st August, inspired by the idea of Shelter. Following her own themes of Swan Women and coercion, she thought about how a nest shelters but can be a trap, and about the very fragile shelter of an egg. (read more here)
The new pieces refer to the classical myth of Leto and her children. Raped by the god Zeus in the shape of a swan, Leto becomes pregnant and lays an egg.
Hatching out of the egg are her twin children – the goddess Artemis/Diana who presides over night/the moon and the god Apollo, who presides over day/the sun. Leto has to hide them and keep them safe from Zeus’ wife Hera. In my version of the story, there are two eggs and the twins have some features of their swan father. Placed in the garden at Raveningham, tucked safely under a hedge, the twins lie sleeping in their egg-shells. Near them, a new manifestation of Infant/Soul – Hatching, has broken out of her own egg and grown wings to fly into a new life.
Originally made in clay…
Artemis
….moulded with silicone, and cast in Jesmonite.
Apollo
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Tim 15ft up a ladder on a freezing January day at Wolsey Bridge, Suffolk. (Yes the ladder’s tied on and someone’s standing at the foot.)
The Spirit in position on his walnut tree, where he brings a daily smile to his neighbours in the eco-house, especially when it’s raining and a drip collects on the end of his nose.
