Sculptures
Fallen Christ – granite. Ht.5 x 8 x 7ft. 5 tonnes. Location – Isle of Iona. Photograph by David Coleman.
This little lamb does not know how significant its presence is with the head of Christ.
To see a short film about this sculpture go to Latest News on Video at the right margin of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his Fallen Christ sculpture on Iona.
Granite: 6x6x3ft 4.00 tons. Location: Isle of Eriska, Argyll. On Hire
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 Isle of Eriska, the Horse is sited on the perimeter of the hotel’s nine hole golfcourse with the stunning backdrop of Loch Linnhe and the Morvern mountains.
To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on Video at the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae with his sculptures on the Isle of Eriska.
Granite: 5x6x2ft 3.00 tons. Location: Private Collection – Edinburgh. Sold.
This sculpture was inspired by Rae’s interest in the cosmos and a visit to the Antipodes prior to starting the work. His affinity with Aboriginal art can be seen by the linear markings on the stone.
Purchased from the Holyrood Park Exhibition.
Granite: 2 x 2x 1ft. 0.25 tonne. Private collection. Location – Gloucestershire.
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 to do.
Observe the lichen attached to the granite, returning the stone to Nature.
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.
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 and looks as if it has been on the beach forever. It has been described as a wonderful evocation of the sea and marine life. The fish is also the earliest symbol of Christianity.
To see a short video of the setting of this work go to the right hand margin and under Latest News on Video
click on Ronald Rae visits his Cramond Fish.
Granite: 5x7x6ft 5.00 tons. Location: The Falkirk Wheel. For Sale.
This thought-provoking work is a warning about cloning when man interferes with Nature. The carcass is neither dog nor deer the result of cloning gone wrong. The vulture clears up the mistakes.
To see a short video about this work go to Latest News on Video at the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae at his Falkirk Wheel Exhibition Part Two.
Granite 8x17x6ft 20.00 tonnes. Location: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. For sale.
In September 2010 the Lion of Scotland helped to promote one of the Lions Clubs International’s major campaigns to collect used spectacles that are sent to developing countries around the world. Over 300,000 spectacles are distributed each year! Lions International Clubs is the world’s largest service organisation having over 1.35 million members in 206 countries.
A giant pair of spectacles to fit the Lion sculpture was specially made for this event by Thomas Payne a post graduate from Edinburgh College of Art. The heavy rain that prevailed did not spoil the happy occasion.
Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold.
One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall in Ayr. Carved in deep relief this work shows the Madonna in anguish at the Cross. A metal bolt embedded at one side of the stone is symbolic of her pain.
The project was sponsored by Kyle and Carrick District Council and unveiled on 6th December 1979 by George Younger, then Secretary of State for Scotland.
To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.
Granite: 3x7x6ft 5.00 tonnes. Location: The Falkirk Wheel. For Sale
In Egyptian mythology the dung beetle or scarab rolled the sun across the universe. Rae’s inspiration for this work was the monumental Egyptian scarab in the British Museum. He also has a great admiration for insects – they too are God’s creatures. To quote a bard south of the Border
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
as when a giant dies.
William Shakespeare.
To see more footage of Ronald Rae with his sculptures at The Falkirk Wheel go to the right margin of this page and under Latest News on Video, click Ronald Rae at his Falkirk Wheel Exhibition Part One, Two and Three.