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Crovie Sculpture
Location: Crovie, Banff
OS Map Reference:
Date: 1990
Description: Large ash wood carving 12 foot high, with metal elements. The artist's title is "Scottish Athena" - Athena being the ancient Greek - "Goddess of wisdom, practical skills and prudent Warfare" hence the metal head piece. "I called her that because of the prudent warfare bit because of Crovie being the place where people went during the clearing of the highlands - I thought she could be a protector therefore up on that cliff top ready with her helmet piece. The steel eyes were to reflect the sky or sunset etc to give that timeless expression. Also because in another definition she was termed patron of the arts and the piece was done as part of a Thankyou to the companies who had donated or supported the Scottish Sculpture Workshop at Lumsden."
Related Information: Editors note: In the past I wrongly interpreted this sculpture as a portrayal of a fisher wifie, my apologies to the artist and to anyone I may have misled
Era: 1900s
Settlement: Crovie
Town: Macduff
County: Aberdeenshire
Information Source: The Artist
Related Artefacts:
Categories: Recent Public Art
Iconography: human figure
classical deities
Creator: Rosie Bradshaw
External Links: The Scottish Sculpture Workshop Lumsden
the artists website Ahtibat Sculpture
 

Crovie Sculpture