Llanrwst Gateway Carvings - Llanrwst, Conwy, North Wales, UK - Outside Wooden Display Carvings on Waymarking.com

Llanrwst Gateways Commission describes the carvings:

Article from June 1st 2006
'The historic market town of Llanrwst, in the heart of the Conwy Valley boasts a wonderful landscape, and a great many historic and cultural features of renown, such as the famous bridge over the River Conwy (probably designed by Inigo Jones), Gwydir Castle and the wonderful treasure that is the Church of St Grwst, containing the large stone coffin of Llywelyn the Great.

Visitors to Llanrwst can now wonder at the recent additions to the town’s heritage – a pair of ‘Gateways Sculptures’, to be found on the Northern and Southern approach routes into the town.

Each sculpture is a tight cluster of what appears to be tall, bleached tree trunks, which are quite alien and distinct in appearance. Their eye catching appearance is particularly spectacular, because they appear to be frozen in an uniformly curving, permanent wind-bent position.
On closer inspection, each tree trunk has been carved in Welsh Oak, from trees that were painstakingly selected for the precise angles of their branches. Each trunk also has a small cast-metal, low relief panel set into its surface, creating a clustered effect across the lower level of the ‘copse’. The relief panels all represent in some way the history of Llanrwst, and they were designed and made by the real experts on the area – young people from local primary schools, the secondary school and youth groups.'

Further information has come to light kindly supplied to us by Mark Edwards of Bryn Bella Guest House from Dafydd Apolloni - thanks:

'The 'Gateway Sculptures' by Cardiff based sculptor Nigel Talbot are trunks of Welsh Oak cut from trunks of forestry grown trees felled during the thinning process. Each trunk has a small cast-metal low relief panel set into its surface. The relief panels represent in some way the history of Llanrwst and were designed and made by local primary school children from Ysgol Bro Gwydir and Ysgol Llanddoged. The artworks were supported by a Lottery Grant from the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Developement Agency.'

Type of wood carving: Chainsaw, grinder, chisel & carving tools Artist's Name: Nigel Talbot Approximate size/height: 12ft Other type: Not listed Type of wood: Not listed

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