Gyosei Art Trail 7 - By the Grand Union Canal - Milton Keynes 19Feb17
Taken from a Great Linford Parish Council leaflet.
Commemorating the legacy of Gyosei International School UK. The Japanese co-educational boarding school and playing fields closed in 2002 and the site at Willen Park South was redeveloped as Lovat Fields Village and Barret Homes Gyosei housing scheme.
Developer funding paid for eight artworks in Phase 1, which
are related to the themes of; Japanese Connections, Canal
History, Fish, Fowl, Insects and Invertebrates.
The trail is located on both sides of the Grand Union
Canal from H3 Monks Way to H5 Portway and is accessible
from the local redway network.
Arachne weaves
Seeing the twinned trunks of the tree where the sculpture can be found and thinking about the theme of Insects and Invertebrates, inspired Linda to look again at spider webs. In recreating these amazing structures for the Gyosei Art Trail, she has used the brace line between the tree trunks as a structural point for the two webs, just as a spider would take advantage of what it finds to weave its web across. The title ‘Arachne weaves’ refers to the myth of a mortal who was turned into a spider for daring to say her skill at weaving was greater than Athena’s. Linda hopes her sculpture will encourage visitors to look again at spiders, the beauty they create, perhaps story-telling a new myth of the spider which spins stainless steel webs.
Gyosei Art Trail 7 - By the Grand Union Canal - Milton Keynes 19Feb17
Taken from a Great Linford Parish Council leaflet.
Commemorating the legacy of Gyosei International School UK. The Japanese co-educational boarding school and playing fields closed in 2002 and the site at Willen Park South was redeveloped as Lovat Fields Village and Barret Homes Gyosei housing scheme.
Developer funding paid for eight artworks in Phase 1, which
are related to the themes of; Japanese Connections, Canal
History, Fish, Fowl, Insects and Invertebrates.
The trail is located on both sides of the Grand Union
Canal from H3 Monks Way to H5 Portway and is accessible
from the local redway network.
Arachne weaves
Seeing the twinned trunks of the tree where the sculpture can be found and thinking about the theme of Insects and Invertebrates, inspired Linda to look again at spider webs. In recreating these amazing structures for the Gyosei Art Trail, she has used the brace line between the tree trunks as a structural point for the two webs, just as a spider would take advantage of what it finds to weave its web across. The title ‘Arachne weaves’ refers to the myth of a mortal who was turned into a spider for daring to say her skill at weaving was greater than Athena’s. Linda hopes her sculpture will encourage visitors to look again at spiders, the beauty they create, perhaps story-telling a new myth of the spider which spins stainless steel webs.