Category Archives: Antonine Wall

A murky cool day outside, but at Croy much energy was being created indoors putting the finishing touches to the plaster carvings. The plasters will now be left to dry and then I will seal them with dilute PVA, finally they … Continue reading →

A midweek carving session at Croy, much progress was made defining shapes and beginning to work on contrasting finishes, using a wide range of tools.    

Down to the nitty gritty, here I am demonstrating how to use tools normally associated with wood carving and stone carving on the cast plaster blocks. Everyone got their drawing transferred onto their slab and managed to get a lot … Continue reading →

The imagery and the text of the sculpture panels being created by the community group at Croy is becoming ever clearer. Marion’s group completed their third workshop today. We’ve talked about the Antonine Wall, the Romans and the year 142 … Continue reading →

Wk.2 of the sculpture workshops at Croy, fast tracking the design process, changing the scale of  components of the designs to work within the square format of the plaster slabs, and an introduction to tools and techniques.

  Marion trying to decipher imagery carved on the very worn distance slabs, and working out a good scale to carve different forms.

Saturday’s workshop at Croy was also a chance for Marion and the group to explore some of the design ideas for the sculpture pieces. A recent research trip by Marion to the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow revealed … Continue reading →

And as the work on the sculptures began at the Croy Miners’ Welfare, Tim couldn’t resist a dash up to Bar Hill to view the remains of the wall there and to take in the view back to Croy. In … Continue reading →

Lead artist Marion Smith describes the process of creating plaster panels for direct carving of the chosen designs   Today at the Croy Miners’ Welfare the very first steps were taken in the process of creating eight new sculpted pieces. … Continue reading →

As ‘Shadows of our Ancestors’ moves into its second year we begin the 2012 project blog with a journey to the top of Croy Hill in North Lanarkshire. In this new ‘Shadows’ project for 2012 we set out on a … Continue reading →