July 6, 2010 by Martin
While I was away on a well deserved holiday Tim (of Boro Landscapes) and his lads (Aiden, Rory, Thomas, Paul and James) planted the cherry trees, spread the grit and topsoiled and seeded around the sculpture. So, now its completed and installed, the young and the odd cat of the area have taken an interest in it.
Cherryorchard2 is a blog set up by Martin Lyttle (a stone sculptor) to document the commissioning process for a “per cent for art scheme”. The scheme is Cherryorchard Housing Scheme, Phase II, in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
The blog follows the process for submission of the proposal, including developing an idea for a piece of scuplture, basic reseach, fleshing out, making maquettes etc, etc….it will be all there on the posts.
Thanks to Wexford County Council Arts Office and in particular Sinead Redmond for all her help.
Beauties enshrined, well done dear Martin, well done!
great work Martin, I hope you’re happy with it. If i’m down Enniscorthy way i’ll be sure to take a closer look.
Also well donw on documneting the project so well on the site
Hope to see you soon
Hi Martin. Love your cherries. Simply beautiful. My section manager said “it’s quite an undertaking”, a truer word never spoken. I can’t wait to see them and you next year, which will come around very quickly. The nice thing is that everyone gets to enjoy them and I’m sure the local Irish have been talking about them over a cup of tea, or glass of porter. Cherry land, sounds like a nice place to be.
Well done Martin!
Fabulous.
They’ve changed so much since I was down visiting. Great textures.
What a mammoth undertaking and beautifully realised.
Aoife
Fabulous and fascinating to see the process from the clay cherries to the chunks of stone and then the finished product! Jen
WOW! Martin, the pieces look amazing. You must be extremely happy about them. Well done. I especially like the photo with the cat on the fence! Obviously Holly wasn’t on duty the day that was taken
Well done Martin, excellent work