Ronald Rae opens the NTS Threave Sculpture Garden

September 4, 2011

On Saturday 27th August 2011 Ronald Rae opened the National Trust for Scotland Threave Sculpture Garden in Dumfries and Galloway. The private view was hosted by the NTS in Threave House where George Thomas the project manager for the new Threave Sculpture Garden talked enthusiastically about the benefits of the project and his future plans [...]

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Ronald Rae with his Baby Elephant

August 18, 2011

Granite: 5 x 5 x 4ft. 4 tonnes. For sale. Location: sculptor’s yard, Cramond Kirk, Edinburgh. To see the creation of the Baby Elephant go to Latest News on Video – Ronald Rae returns to carving granite Parts One, Two, Three and Four. This is Rae’s eighth elephant sculpture drawing attention once again to a [...]

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Whether you believe in salvation or not

July 31, 2011

Whether you believe in salvation or not At least give this young kid a chance Here he is shouting to the crowd and The crowd with stones to throw not a soul is listening Is this how it is with the inconsolable They throw stones and in the throwing accuse themselves They lynch their own [...]

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If it’s down to laying waste our vineyards

July 30, 2011

If it’s down to laying waste our vineyards And armies that they are burning wheatfields What else can we do but leave our homes In this madness all you can think of is getting your family to safety Anything to get away from the smell of good grain burning Those that are doing this they [...]

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In your preparations for war

July 30, 2011

In your preparations for war Have you thought closely on The instant and on the deed For what are you implementing An inventory of skeletons In whose name are you taking names And over what distance are you expecting to come home Why should it be an order against ourselves That so many innocent people [...]

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The little master his village is in ruins

July 30, 2011

The little master his village is in ruins And here he is fishing for his own face in a puddle Brave little bastard his ambition does not reflect his situation Nor does his age reflect his purpose Here at the edge of a stagnant puddle A world situation is being resolved He spits into his [...]

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Ronald Rae completes his Baby Elephant sculpture Part Four

June 25, 2011

In this final video of the creation of the Baby Elephant we share the motivation of the sculptor and the joy that the Baby Elephant brought to the families who arrived on the scene just as it was finished. To see the whole process of making this sculpture from selecting the stone in the quarry [...]

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Lion Of Scotland

May 27, 2011
Lion of Scotland - a sculpture by Ronald Rae

Lion of Scotland

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Ronald Rae finally sits for his portrait by sculptor Jon Edgar

May 25, 2011

See below a short video of Ronald Rae’s portrait being made. It took Jon Edgar two years to persuade fellow sculptor Ronald Rae to take two days off work and to sit patiently while his head was modelled in clay. Photographer Glyn Satterley recorded the event. This is one of a series of portrait heads [...]

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With the shooting stopped and the freedom fighter at last finding his true voice

April 22, 2011

With the shooting stopped and the freedom fighter at last finding his true voice This is how it is my friends we are all of us Tied to our lives by a thread no thicker than a hoverfly’s thought So tell your children from today the sun will remain high in the sky Their shadows [...]

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Christ and Lamb

April 21, 2011

Fallen Christ – granite. Ht.5 x 8 x 7ft. 5 tonnes. Location – Isle of Iona. Photograph by David Coleman. What can be more appropriate than this combination of sculpture and Nature. Little does this lamb know how significant its presence is with the head of Christ. To see a short film about this sculpture [...]

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Ronald Rae returns to carving granite – Part Three

March 27, 2011

In this third video the sculptor discusses his tools and technique for carving granite. Gradually the baby elephant is emerging from the stone, the trunk and ears now completed and the legs and body being formed. See also the final video Ronald Rae completes his Baby Elephant sculpture Part Four. Go to right hand margin [...]

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You say that you are finished with being a revolutionary

February 2, 2011

You say that you are finished with being a revolutionary But what about the whistle in your pocket who is going to play it God knows the madness in this world has need of such a whistle Look what we are making of life a parade of willing and unwilling skeletons You and your whistle [...]

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Ronald Rae returns to carving granite – Part Two

January 3, 2011

In this short video watch the sculptor carve the ear of his Baby Elephant during which time he had an enforced six week break because of the artic conditions in Scotland. See also Part Three and the final episode – Ronald Rae completes his Baby Elephant sculpture Part Four. Go to the right hand margin [...]

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Little Elephant

December 24, 2010

Granite: 2 x 2x 1ft. 0.25 tonne. Private collection. Location – Gloucestershire. Little Elephant This endearing little elephant is one of eight elephant sculptures by Ronald Rae – a subject dear to his heart. Each elephant is totally different in size and mood – this little elephant is rolling in the mud, as they like [...]

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