Paul Grime
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sculpture
FOSSIL FIRE
The Scottish Mining Museum
Coal, Gold Leaf and Copper on Jesmonite
4.5 x 2.5 x .6 metres
September 1999
with assistance from Gordon Wilson

The sculpture connects the black stuff we know as coal with the plant forms of the Carboniferous Forest, whose energy can now be released after a period of 300 million years.

The surface of the work is made with 100 kilos of coal dust suspended in acrylic resin.
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JOURNEY
Kilkenny Limestone
Canoe length 3 metres
Engraved Stone height 1 metre
August 1996

A sculpture to mark the entrance to Glen Wood, a valley of mature trees running through Castlemilk.

Designed after projects with Castlemilk Local History Group and local scool pupils.
The establishment of the Castlemilk housing estate in the late 1950's swept away nearly all traces of previous occupation of the area, although there are records of significant archeological finds. One of the most unusual discoveries was the base of a 10 foot boat, unearthed in 1836 and taken to Kelvingrove Museum where it was dated at 2-3000 years old. It is now lost.

The sculpture takes the form of a 10 foot long canoe and symbol stone, made in Kilkenny Limestone. This symbolically "returns" the canoe to its origin and provides a link with a past about which little is known. The piece is also a metaphor for the journey that is taken on leaving or entering the green space of Glenwood. The canoe is “tethered” to a stone engraved with the images devised with the school children.
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GATEWAY
Castlemilk Environment Trust
Granite
height 2.4 metres
April 2000

Gateway turns the observer into the subject of the work, with the intention being to encourage consideration of one’s relationship with elements of community and civic life expressed in the simple line engravings which clad the columns.

All the engravings are based on images originated in casting workshops undertaken with the Castlemilk Girls Group and Class 7 of St. Bartholemews Primary School.
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GILMERTON
Edinburgh Council
Granite
height 1.5 metres
October 2001

A waymark for the busy Gilmerton Crossroads, which celebrates the hidden history and contemporary life of the area.

Designed after consultation with local residents and pupils of Gilmerton Primary School.