Granite 5x8x7ft 7.00 tonnes. Location: Isle of Iona.
The site for the Fallen Christ sculpture on Iona is on land where sheep and cattle freely graze. This touching photo of a cow nuzzling Christ’s head was captured by David Coleman of the Iona Community. It was published on the cover of the Coracle, magazine of the Iona Community accompanied by this poem by Ruth Burgess.
If I listen I can hear what you are thinking share what you are feeling let your pain touch me be amazed by your love…
Even in stone you speak you breathe
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 Fallen Christ sculpture on Iona.
Granite:5x4x2ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold.
The Deposition – The Tragic Sacrifice of Christ
One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ, the centrepiece of which is this deep relief of the Deposition of Christ – Christ being taken down from the cross.
The deposition is a complex work which Rae began at the age of eighteen and partly carved during his time at Edinburgh College of Art when he was influenced both by Michelangelo and cubist forms. He finished the piece twelve years later at Rozelle Park, Ayr.
The granite for this sculpture came from Kirkmabreck Quarry in Creetown.
To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on Video on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.
Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold.
Edessa Messiah
One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. This sculpture was based on the Turin Shroud which was found in the city of Edessa in 544 AD believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth.
The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall in Ayr. The project was funded by Kyle and Carrick District Council and opened in 1979 by George Younger then Secretary of State for Scotland.
To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on Video on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.
Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold.
The Scourging of Christ
One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. This sad work depicts Christ’s acceptance of being beaten on the way to the Cross. The other side of sculpture shows his naked torso.
The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall in Ayr. The project was funded by Kyle and Carrick District Council.
To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on Video on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.
This spectacular photo of the Cramond Fish facing the elements of a Spring high tide and gale force winds was taken by John Dods of The Cramond Association.
It is now three years since the Cramond Fish was installed on the beach. It has turned out to be a most exciting location for the sculpture due to the ever changing light and the varying tide levels as evident from this recent photo compared to the sunny day when it was inaugurated.
To see a short video about this sculpture on the day it was inaugurated go to Links on the right hand column of this page and click on The Cramond Association.
Granite: 8x17x7ft. 20.00 tonnes. For Sale. Location: St Andrew Square Garden, Edinburgh.
The Lion was carved from a twenty tonne boulder of pink Corrennie granite from Aberdeenshire. It took a over a year to complete using hand tools only. At present the sculpture is on loan to Essential Edinburgh and on exhibition in St Andrew Square Gardens in Edinburgh City Centre. If you would like to purchase this unique sculpture please contact pauline@ronaldrae.co.uk
The Lion is the traditional symbol both of power and of Scottish identity. The sculpture was first sited in Holyrood Park between the Royal Palace of Holyrood House and the Scottish Parliament, and beneath that other lioncouchant, Arthur’s Seat. It moved to St Andrew Square in 2010.
The Lion has been voted the best-loved sculpture in Edinburgh. One rarely passes it without seeing the public engage with it – either taking photos or climbing on it as children do. There is no doubt it is greatly loved. In 2008 a formal petition was drawn up by the Scottish Blue Badge Guides to keep the Lion at Holyrood, plus thousands of signatures from local people and visitors to the city who wanted the Lion to stay there, which resulted in a further two years stay for the sculpture on loan to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. However the contract ended in April 2010 and could not be extended.
Ronald Rae thanks all those who have supported the Lion of Scotland sculpture. He has been overwhelmed by the number of letters and emails he has received over the past five years.
The stone for this sculpture was once part of the Fallen Christ stone. It broke off at a natural fissure forming a tondo shape which was perfect for this small relief sculpture of a figure kneeling in supplication being healed by Christ who is in ascendency.
Privately commissioned, this powerful work carved in Kemnay granite which is 470 million years old, is sited in farmland on a right of way where it is enjoyed and photographed endlessly by passers-by. Ruggedly carved it is the essence of bull.
This sculpture reveals three sheep within the stone. On one side the head of a ram with a curled horn. On the other side the ewe looks back at her lamb which is depicted only by its body and legs nuzzling into her side – rugged granite and sheep the epitome of Scotland.
The sculpture was inspired by the poem by Robert Burns “Ca’ the Yowes” and this was its working title.
