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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Heavy Horse and Foal

May 27, 2011

Heavy Horse and Foal

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Elephant Family

May 27, 2011

Elephant Family

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Wild Boar

May 27, 2011

Wild Boar

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Ox

May 27, 2011
Ox sculpture by Ronald Rae

Ox

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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 5, 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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Horse

December 26, 2010
Horse - hand carved granite sculpture by Ronald Rae

Granite: 6x6x3ft 4.00 tons. Location: Isle of Eriska, Argyll. On Hire Horse Carved in Dalbeattie silver grey granite this sculpture celebrates the arabesque forms of the horse. A natural band of quartz on one side of the stone adds to its beauty. Highly finished, it took over a year to carve. Now on the romantic [...]

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Pisces

December 25, 2010
Pisces sculpture by Ronald Rae

Pisces

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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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Baby Elephant in a Snowstorm

December 23, 2010

Baby Elephant – granite sculpture in progress. Location – Cramond Kirk grounds, Edinburgh – December 2010. Due to adverse weather conditions over the past few weeks the progress of the Baby Elephant has been curbed – hence one very frustrated sculptor! However he hopes to return to work as soon as he possibly can.

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Ronald Rae with his Cramond Fish

December 2, 2010

Granite – 7x10x6ft 8.00 tonnes. Location: Cramond Waterfront, Edinburgh. A local community fundraising campaign resulted in the purchase of the Cramond Fish in April 2009 – a heartwarming experience for the sculptor who has spent twenty years carving his sculptures in the grounds of Cramond Kirk. Three years later the Fish has become a landmark [...]

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Ronald Rae returns to carving granite – Part One

October 31, 2010

This short video follows the sculptor in search of a stone in the quarry and back to Cramond Kirk his place of work. Includes unique footage of the sculptor in action carving granite. See three further episodes – Ronald Rae returns to carving granite Parts Two and Three and Ronald Rae completes his Baby Elephant [...]

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Refugee

October 27, 2010

Recycled wood and found objects 50″ x 36″ x 12″ Location: St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh. Ronald Rae constructed this piece in 1980 when he was carving his Abraham sculpture in the grounds of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. At that time he was very aware of people less fortunate than himself. This sad little refugee [...]

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