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jamiemcginlay
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 930 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: Women's Timber Corps 'LUMBERJILLS' Memorial |
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The monument to the Women's Timber Corps 'LUMBERJILLS' stands just a few hundred yards from the front entrance to the David Marshall Lodge, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, Aberfoyle.
The monument is a low cairn type plinth with a life size bronze statue of a LumberJill by sculptor Malcolm Robertson. A small memorial plaque is fixed to a rock nearby.
The sculptor's signature
There's an unusual texture to the bronze with lines sweeping outwards from focal points and around the contours of the body. I think this seems to recall the grain of wood or the rough texture of tree bark which seems appropriate and I have a feeling the original work may actually have been carved in wood with a copy then made for casting in bronze? It is very attractive and effective.
Below - the back of the scupture at the waist.
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spoons

Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Great photos Jim, you've certainly done it justice.
\Paul |
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