Sunday, 14 March 2010

The Swans Are Up



After two hectic days swinging about on scaffolding the swans are finally back on the Clyde.
Sleepless nights of how to support them on the cradles were added to by the belief I only had one day to put them up. It was only half way through Thursday that I found out there was a second day of scaffold hire if I needed it. That relief turned to rushed panic when the scaffolders announced they packed up early on a Friday.
So what was the panic about? Well basically each swan was made in four parts in the workshop, two wings, head, and tail, it was only when they were hoisted up to the cradles did they come together as a whole bird. There was still a lot of weaving to do once they were in place and not a lot of time to correct anything I was not happy with.
What was really nice was the reaction of the people who use the Saltings, dog walkers, pensioners, joggers, twitchers, they all said how glad they were to see the swans back up and how they had missed them. So there you go for public art, people like it, own it, it has meaning to their lives and when it has gone they miss it.


1 comment:

  1. excellent sculptures and great feedback from the locals who these sculptures really matter to.

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