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After The Chocolate Has Gone
Friday 1 May 2009
Most children will have long finished their Easter eggs by now but six prominent Scots and the Herald newspaper have left a longer lasting legacy for some of Scotland's most vulnerable children.
An auction of wooden eggs decorated by Scottish artists and illustrators raised a fantastic £713 for CHILDREN 1ST. The sale was organised and publicised by the Herald newspaper and we are very grateful to them and, of course, the egg decorators themselves:
- Alasdair Gray
- George Wyllie MBE
- Steven Camley
- Lesley Banks
- Whyn Lewis
- Dennis Shields
Scroll down to see the unique eggs that were snapped up by our supporters!
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1. Alasdair Gray"If I'm doodling, faces come easiest to me. Starting off drawing a smooth, female egg-shaped face, I thought I should do something as different as possible on the other side. And I thought a fierce, grinning hairy man would make a nice contrast." Alasdair Gray is an artist and author of several novels including Lanark. |
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2. George Wyllie MBE"I had thought of making it like an egg-shaped nuclear bomb and putting fins on it to counteract the happy aspect of Easter. But I didn't want to make it too serious. So I thought of Chic Murray and his tartan hat." George Wyllie MBE is a sculptor who lives and works in Gourock. |
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3. Steven Camley"My thing is caricatures. So I thought, why not do half a dozen sort of egg-heads? Easter for me is not about religion. It's all about chocolate really, isn't it?" Steven Camley is a cartoonist and regular contributor to The Herald and Sunday Herald. |
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4. Lesley Banks"I have been working on new paintings that are based on Venice − mainly interiors with just a wee glimpse of the city out the window. So I thought it would be nice with the egg to paint the actual buildings of Venice." A retrospective of Lesley Banks paintings opens at The Park Gallery, Falkirk, on 16 May. |
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5. Whyn Lewis"Since it's for Easter I thought, why not a rabbit. The rabbit on the top of the egg thinks it's on its own...but there's another one hiding on the bottom. I use animals to express how I feel about life and people, and relationships, and things like that. I think it is great that the eggs here are being auctioned to raise money for a children's charity, since Easter is so much about children and bringing new life." Whyn Lewis's work is exhibited at the Inspired exhibition at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. |
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6. Dennis Shields"This egg is a detail from a sculpture I did back in the 1980s called Thin End Of The Wedge. In creating this piece I was interested in the religious symbolism of the egg and of the crown of thorns. So the piece carries religious connotations both of life and death." A former member of the Glasgow Group, Dennis Shields has been exhibited at the RSA, Edinburgh. |
Last updated: Monday 20 July 2009
