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Watch the short film made about the Carr Vale project by Absolute Video
I was able to visit the quarry site and select the block stone and to match three blocks which will fit together to create one large sculpture.
Blocks being craned into possition ready for carving
The blocks were sawn at the quarry to give flat faces and parallel which will fit together in the final sculpture.
The design takes shape as it is chalked out onto the stone making sure the images line up across the three stone blocks.
Stone blocks weighed between 5 and 7 tonnes. Specialised transport and crane offloading was required.
Once the dragonflies have been established the vegetation typical of the Carboniferous period 300 million years ago was added.
The style of the carving was chosen to suggest the ‘giant fossils’ were being revealed from within the stone. Small areas of the raw uncarved stone were left to contrast with the carved details.
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Channels were carved across the base of each stone to allow the stones to be securely slung for the crane lifting. All three pieces were lifted and manoeuvred into position onto a prepared concrete foundation.
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Dragonfly seen on the stem of a large tree fern and equisetum shoots. These plants and the dragonfly have modern day descendants similar to those found in the carboniferous period.
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Carr Vale
pathway of memories
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As part of the consultation and public engagement for this project I worked with the staff , students and parents from New Bolsover Primary School. During this process we worked with Derbyshire Poet Laureate Helen Mort. She worked with the children to help them produce a poem insired by the dragonfly story.
Voices over Bolsover: Up, up and Away!
by Y4, New Bolsover Primary with Helen Mort.
I fly over an allotment – it is big, beautiful and colourful.
I see the park and I see the swing and the slides and the tyre swing and lots of people having fun.
I see the castle. It is old and grey. It looks like it will fall down.
I see Bolsover castle, it looks like a little castle while I’m flying.
I see the castle and I see old stones, cracks, a big door and some big windows.
I see the marvellous, eye-catching dragonfly sculpture.
I am on my way home and I see Nefi’s café, I know I have been there before.
I see the sculpture – it is very eye catching, it has got a dragonfly on it.
I see the nature reserve and all the plants might be a bit old and falling down.
I see Gino’s Italian Food: it looks like a stag beetle in a vast garden.
I see houses. They are red and orange. They are very small. They look like doll houses.
I see the castle, it looks very old and looks bare.
I see a big cinema and an old fashioned chocolate factory with a big block of chocolate for the sign.
I see the castle, it looks new from above but very small.
I can see the old crumbling castle.
I can see the church and hear the bells ringing.
I can see someone getting in a taxi – I wonder where they’re going.
I can see the sweetie shop with children looking in the window.
I can see Bolsover Castle stood on top of a hill.
I can see Gino’s, the food shop. It is white and green
I see the park and it looks like Lego.
I see the pond and it looks like a jug of water.
The old railway it is just like a toy train track. It has coal in the middle of it and you will see it too.
I see the birds and butterflies, they fly past me every day.
I see that the people look like ants.
As part of the consultation and public engagement for this project I worked with the staff , students and parents from New Bolsover Primary School. During this process we worked with Derbyshire Poet Laureate Helen Mort. She worked with the children to help them produce a poem insired by the dragonfly story.
Voices over Bolsover: Up, up and Away!
by Y4, New Bolsover Primary
I fly over an allotment - it is big, beautiful and colourful.
I see the park and I see the swing and the slides and the tyre swing and lots of people having fun.
I see the castle. It is old and grey. It looks like it will fall down.
I see Bolsover castle, it looks like a little castle while I’m flying.
I see the castle and I see old stones, cracks, a big door and some big windows.
I see the marvellous, eye-catching dragonfly sculpture.
I am on my way home and I see Nefi’s café, I know I have been there before.
I see the sculpture - it is very eye catching, it has got a dragonfly on it.
I see the nature reserve and all the plants might be a bit old and falling down.
I see Gino’s Italian Food: it looks like a stag beetle in a vast garden.
I see houses. They are red and orange. They are very small. They look like doll houses.
I see the castle, it looks very old and looks bare.
I see a big cinema and an old fashioned chocolate factory with a big block of chocolate for the sign.
I see the castle, it looks new from above but very small.
I can see the old crumbling castle.
I can see the church and hear the bells ringing.
I can see someone getting in a taxi - I wonder where they’re going.
I can see the sweetie shop with children looking in the window.
I can see Bolsover Castle stood on top of a hill.
I can see Gino’s, the food shop. It is white and green
I see the park and it looks like Lego.
I see the pond and it looks like a jug of water.
The old railway it is just like a toy train track. It has coal in the middle of it and you will see it too.
I see the birds and butterflies, they fly past me every day.
I see that the people look like ants.
listen to the Radio four program about Dragonflies which included Andrew Talking about the Bolsover Dragonflies
Andrew Tebbs
