Small Maquette for Livingston New Town Sculpture Competition, 1:200 Scale 1974
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Small Maquette for Livingston New Town Sculpture Competition, 1:200 Scale
Catalogue raisonné no. 324
Artist's CR 304
August, 1974
Kinkell
Copperclad wood
3 inches / 0 cm , height
Selected Citations and Comments
Maquette for an unrealised 50 ft copper-clad wood pyramid for Livingston, West Lothian.
The split pyramid is the most recent in a series of sculptures which I have developed over the last eight years. It is related to the concept of the landmark as central ceremonial paint, kins to the standing stones, pyramids, and stone alignments of pre-history. As such it seemed appropriate in the context of the requirements for the site at Livingston as outlined in the brief.
The sculpture, which is 15 metres high, would be constructed of timber beams and rafters with metal support brackets, sarked with blockboard and then clad in copper sheet. The intended structure would be similar to that of a roof. The smaller 1:200 scale model shows the sculpture as it would appear when newly built; the larger 3:100 scale model shows it after the process of patination is complete (3–4 years). Reference to copper-clad domes on earlier buildings will give an accurate idea of the final colouration of the piece. The foundations, to which each of the two units would be bolted, would be of concrete. The pool has a double purpose - it is a decorative reflecting pool and it would also serve as a moat to keep vandals at a distance from the sculpture and discourage theft of the copper cladding. Pathways shown on the model are arbitrary and would be open to alteration., 'Notes on Livingston New Town Sculpture', unpublished document, 1974