Ancient wildlife sculpture
Recently lost waterbirds
Six birds in one frame rather than six sculptures.
On paper. Not yet decided.
Where we are now
A specification and a spot. The design gives an overall 1.8 m by 1.5 m with a picture frame 1 m by 1.5 m at the top of it, the birds cut out inside a rectangular frame edged with box section and carried on round poles either side.
What it becomes
Six birds in one frame beside the path, with enough said about each of them to know what was lost.
Why this matters
One frame rather than six plinths is how the layout handles losses it wants read together, and it is the only entry that treats a group of species as one subject because of what they have in common rather than what they were.
What needs to happen
1 of 6- Placement decided
- Design decided
- Council agreement
- Funding guaranteed
- Apex instructed and a due date agreed
- Opening ceremony planned
Subjects
- little bittern
- Hodgens’ waterhen
- New Zealand snipe
- New Zealand coot
- Scarlett’s duck
- Finsch’s duck
In deep time
Six birds the layout names and never describes. It gives no dates for them, and none is supplied here.