TWELVE stunning artworks and a clutch of community owls have been enchanting all who come across them in Ellesmere’s community wood, The Plantation.
The works have been placed high up on the trees in Ellesmere and will be available throughout the summer holidays, according to Ian Andrew, chairman of Fizzgigs, the Community Arts Group responsible for the whole project.
He explained his own creation and just some of the reviews given to the brilliant art work.
He said: "They will be in place through the summer holidays so there is still time to enjoy them.
"My Pollock Hawk is a defiant bird of prey hunting high up among the branches.
"In contrast Owlbert Einstein, by Roger Garland and Becca Moore, guiding his little owl students through the lessons of life is one to make visitors laugh.
"‘Lovely’, ‘really clever’, and ‘highly recommended’ are just some visitor reactions."
The Plantation, less than half a mile from the centre of Ellesmere, is accessible 24 hours a day; some visitors have come in the evenings, including the Ellesmere Runners who, says Sandra Trevor, ‘were stopped in their tracks on our run last Friday evening'.
An information leaflet has been produced while visitors can bring a pencil with them to wander the footpaths through The Plantation.
There are brief descriptions of each of the large installations and children – even adults – can mark off when they discover each artwork.
The leaflet is available at the entrance to The Plantation Wood, from Mere Motors, Ismays dress shop, Our Space, More than a Sundae and Moolah.
Alternatively, the leaflet can be downloaded from Fizzgigs’ website at www.fizzgigs.co.uk
There will be a chance to enter a Fizzgigs Competition.
"Take a photo, paint a picture or write a poem about your favourite creature," said Claire Cartlidge, member of Fizzgigs. "There are three really great prizes for the ones the group thinks are best."
Competition entries are invited right up to the end of the installation, towards the end of the school summer holidays.
Entries and further information are available at www.fizzgigs.co.uk
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