The Penny Whistle, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK
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Stretchy123
N 52° 05.441 W 001° 56.661
30U E 572323 N 5771650
This sculpture was placed in Abbey Park in 2007 at the start of the 2007 Evesham Music Festival. Unfortunately later that year, the River Avon flooded. The sculpture floated off downstream. It has now been replaced and concreted in to avoid a repeat.
Waymark Code: WMBZXZ
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/09/2011
Views: 6
This sculpture was placed in Abbey Park in 2007 at the start of the 2007 Evesham Music Festival. Unfortunately later that year, the River Avon flooded. The sculpture floated off downstream. It has now been replaced and concreted in to avoid a repeat.
The statue was unveiled by Rotary District Governor Mckechnie and was commission by Wychavon District Council.
The artist on this piece:
"This piece was commissioned around the theme of music, to be unveiled at the start of the Evesham music festival in July 2007. It was made pretty much straight after my piece in Pershore and is carved in cedar, a chunk that I got from Eastnor Castle from a tree that blew down a few years back. I wanted to make something about a very simple form of music, something in a way fairly humble. Someone sitting and playing a pennywhistle, perhaps busking.
The way I have carved the figure is fairly stylised looking at picking out strong shapes within it, especially in the face. This sculpture was made in much the same way as the piece in Pershore, carved directly into the log from my imagination mainly using the chainsaw with some use of chisels and electric sanders."
Type of wood carving: Chainsaw, grinder, chisel & carving tools
Other type:
Artist's Name: Tom Harvey
Approximate size/height: 6 foot (including base)
Type of wood: Cedar
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Visit Instructions:
All logs must be the result of an actual visit to the wooden carving.
"Visited" only remarks will not be accepted.