Works in Progress for quite some time

Marion Smith wearing bright pink top with pale grey granite carving of a polar bear. The carving sits on top of a big wooden box covered in polythene, there is an open barn door behind, stone built buildings in background.

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Recently my public art projects have been taking a long, long time to be sited. It appears that I haven’t made any new work in years, but I have and it’s all waiting to be installed! Except this bear who is hiding in a box in the Hilltown, Dundee.

Mother and cub (Victoria and Hamish) Polar bears at HIghland Wildlife Park — Research: Visit to see Victoria and Hamish at the Highland Wildlife Park in May 2018 and an arial view of a Polar bear mother and cub

Ariel view of Polar bear and cub on floating ice — Research: Visit to see Victoria and Hamish at the Highland Wildlife Park in May 2018 and an arial view of a Polar bear mother and cub

Side view of wooden model of Polar bear standing on metal turntable, with reference images in the background — Model in lime wood for granite Polar bear and model of the head at a larger scale

Wooden model of Polar bear lying upside down, shows scale as 1:4 — Model in lime wood for granite Polar bear and model of the head at a larger scale

I didn’t make a finished model and then work from it. I worked on the models just a little ahead of the carving.

Rear side view of work in progress on granite carving of Polar bear with wooden scale model resting on its back — Works in progress

Front view of carving in granite of Polar bear with pencil lines drawn on it for measurements, with scale model on its right hand side which has corresponding marks. It is standing on top of a sand bag. There are with reference images on the wall behind. — Works in progress

Works in Progress for quite some time

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