We
have added a Guest
Book to this site and would be delighted to receive any comments,criticisms,
suggestions or observations concerning the statue or this weblog. The sculptor,
Peter Griffin, would welcome any questions that you may have and has promised
to get back to you as soon as possible.
If you have any memories or stories
concerning the market and its effect on life in Stur that you would be happy to
share with us , then please either place it in the guest book or e-mail to: desoc68
btinternet.com.Follow
the sequence in pictures and click on the thumbnail for an enlarged view.
1st May 2007
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The column is now almost ready for the opening ceremony on Saturday June 2nd at 1200hrs. Peter is currently carving the two inscriptions into the plinth then all will be complete for the big day |
6th
December 2006:
Views of the recently laid plinth to the statue which sets it off splendidly. |
30th
November 2006:
Work
is now proceeding on the landscaping of the site. The concrete base for the plinth
has been laid; retaining walls and kerbstones put in place and positions for the
floodlights installed. | 30th
September 2006: Peter
has now completed the
carvings and left the site. Over the next three months the statue
base will be laid and the site landscaped prior to the official opening in the
new year.18th
September 2006:  |
Face
four, commemorating the railway and creamery in Stur, has now been completed. This
only leaves the lettering round the column and the plinth left to do.
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6th
September 2006: | 2nd
September 2006: | 29th
August 2006: |
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A
few days later sees the engine taking shape. Anybody recognise the type? |  |
Taking
shape.
The tracks are now clearly defined and work is beginning on the engine.
Expert advice has been sought on to obtain a representation of an authentic engine
that will have been used on the line at that time. | | Meanwhile
work on the final face has started. Peter is attempting to depict the railway
and creamery connection to Sturminster's past on this face. |
| Two
magnificent views of the column to date |  |
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28
August 2006 | 20
August 2006 |
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As
promised the third face has been completed on time and to the same high standard
of artistic ability that we have come to expect of Peter's work. |  |
Slow
progress this week but Peter will have finished this face before the end of the
month |
29 July 2006 | 10 July 2006 |
 This
face is proving to be the most complicated so far. As you can see most
of the background buildings are now visible and Peter has started articulating
the foreground. The farm cart is particularly complicated to carve but there is
no doubt that the finished product will equal the high standards achieved on the
other two completed faces. |
 Peter
has completed another magnificent compilation of Sturminster's heritage portrayed
by the ancient town bridge together with it's importance as the centre of the
dairy industry in Dorset.
Work is now progressing on the very intricate 3rd
face that depicts the market being held in the Market Square at the turn of the
last century. Some of the existing buildings, including the Swan Inn, will be
recognisable in the design. |
4th
July 2006.
With
only the lettering to complete on the initial face, Peter
has now begun to carve the second face which depicts the town bridge and a single
cow. |  |
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