Granite: 7x8x4ft 12.00 tonnes. Location: Station Square -Milton Keynes. Sold.
Photo courtesy of Milton Keynes Council.
Knit “hitter” Mrs Smith decided to use her skills with textiles to adorn the public sculptures in Milton Keynes. The project was very popular with the locals. Appropriately she adorned “O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast” with decorative blankets including tartan (reference to the Scottish poet Burns who inspired the sculpture.) The colourful pom poms on the blankets were also used successfully used for the eyes. Well done Mrs Smith!
To see this sculpture unwrapped and to read the Burns poem that inspired the work go to the top of the right margin and under the heading ART click on Sculptures in Public Collections.