A Wychavon tree carving project run with Chawson, St. Peter’s and Dodderhill school children will be officially unveiled on Monday 4th February – 1.30 p.m.
The carving is being carried out on the pine tree in front of the Lido café, Droitwich Spa by Tom Harvey who carved the beech tree in Abbey Park, Pershore in Spring 2007 and has proved an excellent community project.
Tom Harvey and Jayne O’Connor from Wychavon, worked with children from the three schools to take their inspiration for the tree by modelling clay. Tom chose ideas from the models and started the carving today (21st Jan) and will take approx 2 weeks to complete depending of weather.
Jayne O’Connor, Parks Monitoring Assistant said “We’ve worked with Tom in the past and his artwork makes a really great focal point for the park. People are really intrigued by the novel concept and we hope it will be a real attraction bringing more people to the park and enjoying this piece of public art.”
Jenny Davis, Arts Development Officer said “Art is a really important part of our culture and public art is especially important because it is accessible and free for everyone to enjoy and it raises the profile of the arts in a very visible way. What is really nice about this particular piece is that local school children have had the opportunity to have an input, which not only gets them excited about doing visual art, but makes them feel connected to the park and their community.“
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