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Tugmistress
21-Mar-09, 10:21
Can anyone tell me the story behind this fish at Helmsdale please? it wasn't there last time i was down the harbour 2 or 3 years ago, it's just sooo clever!

http://community.dcmag.co.uk/photos/tugmistresss_gallery/images/970149/640x426.aspx

MadPict
21-Mar-09, 12:46
That's a fish? Looks more like the jib of a JCB digger to me. Wonder how much the 'artist' got paid for glueing baco foil to the wall.......

Rheghead
21-Mar-09, 12:50
I like it, sort of central american style to it.

Miss E
21-Mar-09, 12:52
Hi there

This site has some infomation hope this helps



March 2006 saw, Julian Meredith, a printmaker from Herefordshire start his residency, focussing on the natural heritage of Helmsdale Harbour. This residency included a commission to create a piece of work for the harbour area. The commissioned piece, a large fish/whale, representing the migration of whales in the North Sea and salmon to the River Helmsdale, fabricated in sheet steel, was installed on the East Pier wall in August.




http://www.timespan.org.uk/media/images/clip_image002.jpg

Julian working on The Whale/Fish on the East Pier Wall, Helmsdale




http://www.timespan.org.uk/jonmacleod-artists-residency.shtml



cheers ;)

Tugmistress
21-Mar-09, 13:19
thanks Miss E - just the information i was looking for :D but it's definately a fish not a whale lol

Each
21-Mar-09, 13:48
it more than a fish - its a whole shoal.

I like the movement in the piece, your get a real feel for the way the shoals dart back and forth through the water

Tugmistress
21-Mar-09, 13:57
it more than a fish - its a whole shoal.

I like the movement in the piece, your get a real feel for the way the shoals dart back and forth through the water

yes i can see where you are coming from, i hope i captured the movement and although it's made from steel the sunset lent a gold sheen to it, i just think it is an impressive piece of art :D

MadPict
21-Mar-09, 14:07
Tugmistress,
In your image it appears to have become entangled in the fishing industry detritus that manages to claim so many marine mammals every year.....

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joxville
21-Mar-09, 14:07
I think it's crap...what an utter waste of money. They would have been better spending it on a muriel:) ,(Hilda Ogden speak), or a huge enlargement of one of Tugs' photies. :)

Tugmistress
21-Mar-09, 14:10
Tugmistress,
In your image it appears to have become entangled in the fishing industry detritus that manages to claim so many marine mammals every year.....

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lol madpict yes it does, well thought about :D


I think it's crap...what an utter waste of money. They would have been better spending it on a muriel:) ,(Hilda Ogden speak), or a huge enlargement of one of Tugs' photies. :)

thanks jox - i took a 'wierd' one of golspie pier i just posted in photography forum - let me know what you think lol