Granite: 5x7x6ft 6.00 tons. Location: Private Collection. Macclesfield. Sold.

Bear also features in writer and poet Jenny Melmoth’s latest book called Of Dogs and Cats and Bear.
To find out about this fascinating memoir by someone who loves animals visit www.jenny-melmoth.com

Carved in Kemnay granite, over 470 million years old, this animated brown bear which once roamed the United Kingdom until the 10th century sniffs the air. Rae’s concern for endangered species often features in his animal sculptures.

Granite: 6x13x5ft 11.00 tons Location: Millbrook, USA. Sold

Elephant and Calf

Carved in Kemnay granite this sculpture was inspired by the cave art at Lascaux in France where the images of animals were carved on to the natural rock surfaces.

Rae’s sculpture represents an elephant family – on one side the tusked patriarch with the baby elephant, on the other side the gentle matriarch.

The sculpture was purchased from the Regent’s Park Exhibtion, carefully packed in a container and shipped out to the USA.

Granite: 6x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Private Collection. Shropshire. Sold.

Gethsemane

A spiritual and highly emotive work of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, depicting the moment he said “Take this cup from me.” The bent head and wrapped limbs represent everyone’s pain.

The carving of this sculpture was filmed by Steve and Carolyn Horn and shown on BBC and Grampian Television.

The sculpture was purchased from the Regent’s Park Exhibition.

Granite: 8x22x3ft 15.00 tonnes. Location: Somerset. Sold.

Tyger Tyger

Carved in Corrennie pink granite which is 460 million years old, this monumental relief draws attention to the tiger as an endangered species – less than 3,000 tigers left in the world now!

The sculpture also celebrates William Blake’s well known poem.

Tyger, Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

The stone for this sculpture was an amazing find in the quarry. At 22 feet long it was the largest stone to date that Rae had tackled. When the tiger emerged out of the stone he decided it was well worth the effort.

The BBC filmed the Tyger Tyger being moved to Somerset as part of their series called The Crane Gang. It was broadcast on BBC2 on 29th September 2013 at 8pm and can be viewed on YouTube.

Creetown Granite: 7x7x3ft 4.00 tons. Location: In private collection. Oxon. Sold.

John the Baptist

Carved in silver-grey Creetown granite from the Solway Firth in Scotland, the sculpture depicts the monumental severed head of the biblical prophet. The scar on the cheek represents his pain. John the Baptist was purchased from the exhibition in Regent’s Park, London in 2002.