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Whitecraig cycle track entrance, East Lothian
Opening March 2008
A Sustrans funded project for ELC countryside rangers to make entrance sculpture for a cycle track near Musselburgh. A local youth group carved interpretive stone panels and also helped with the design of the galvanised steel totems. These are shown after computer controlled plasma cutting and welding by local blacksmith Colin Robison.
Solo exhibition at Prestonpans
May 3rd to June 27th 2008
Last years Sea Change exhibitiion is being shown, with some new pieces, at the Power House in Prestongrange . This is part of the 2008 Three Harbours Festival. Susheila will be running some sculpture and mosaic workshops during the festival (30th May to 8th June). The work is inspired by the industrial/sea landscapes of East Lothian. The sculpture is hand carved Kilkenny, Portland and Derbyshire limestone. There are also some mosaics.
Newby Hall Sculpture Park exhibition
June to September 2008
'Various of Susheila's sculptures will be exhibited for sale at Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Yorkshire from June to the end of September 2008. The park exhibits work by some well regarded sculptors in an attractive setting - worth a visit.
New garden construction project
January 2008
A garden for a small Georgian house in Portobello. Construction is complete and the planting is being finished this spring. It features York stone paving, a formal black slate reflecting pool, and a green oak pergola and trellis. There is a small amount of lighting, and some drystone work (by Bruce Curtis). X marks the spot where James broke 5 ribs and punctured a lung just before Christmas - now happily recovered.
Gullet Wood sound sculpture October 2007
A ceramic sounding chamber beneath the ground amplifies the sound of water dripping. Copied from a Japanese idea the 'suikinkutsu' . By honing one's ears to catch these delicate sounds, the sonic landscape of the surroundings is brought into sharp focus - leaves, rain, birdsong. The words 'the sound of all things in nature' is inscribed in stone nearby together with other small relief carvings. Gullet wood is part of Wooplaw community woodland near Galashiels which has supported a variety of outdoor artworks.
Prestongrange Library entrance sculpture
2007/2008
Entrance totems carved in green oak for the Award Winning new library in Prestongrange. Some of the poetic names which generations of fishermen have given to rocks at the entrance to Port Seton harbour inspired the totems. Drop in classes from the local community helped carve them.