More Village Art for Eynsford

I have supported the first project for Eynsford Village Society's Village Public Art Trail, and was glad to be able to support a further project with a grant of £1,000 from my Combined Member Fund.

Installation number five, Woodland Life (pictured) is a natural sculpture of a tree trunk with an owl on one top branch, a woodpecker on the other, squirrels running down the trunk and a mole at the bottom. It now stands in Nine Hole Wood off Sparepenny Lane, and is an excellent addition to a series that includes artwork in the station and 'Stand and Stare' in the blocked up window of Rafferty's.

Eynsford's Public Art Trail gets under way

 

A happy task this morning: a group of us met outside Anthony Roper Primary School to unveil a mosaic of the buildings and wildlife of Eynsford. There were villagers, parents, representatives of the Eynsford Village Society, the Parish Council and the school (including both the Head Teacher, Lynda Newton, and the head boy and head girl, who jointly unveiled the artwork). This is the first part of a public art trail that the Eynsford Village Society aims to establish throughout the village.

The work is a colourful glass mosaic designed by the school art TA Janet Murray and the mosaic artist Oliver Budd with the help of children at the school.  It looks terrific in its place at the old 'Out' gate of the school, drawing together images of the village. Congratulations are due to to Sally Coston and EVS for leading this project to completion; a second artwork is expected by the spring, and there should be more to follow in the coming years. I was delighted to be able to support this project with £1,000 from my Combined Member Fund - and to join a number of those taking part in an excellent breakfast in the Riverside Tea Rooms immediately afterwards.