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News from the Geopark'Rubbish' Art that's bound to raise some smiles26 May 2009Tuesday, May 26, 2009 A NEW sculpture trail around a Paignton attraction is a real load of rubbish. The trail is part of the five-year celebrations of Trail Recycled Art In Landscape. The art has been made with all kinds of detritus, from tin cans to plastic bottles. But in the setting of the spring green of the Occombe Farm trail at Paignton, they provide splashes of colour, and raise some smiles too. Originally a Teignmouth project, TRAIL showcases the work of professional artists and artist-led community groups on a coastal sculpture trail, in which the sculptures are created from recycled materials. Moving inland, 11 of the original sculptures were selected to appear at the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust farm. The final addition to the sculpture trail played the central part in Occombe Farm's Easter Dragon's Quest event. Returning to the farm following a number of public requests, the 8ft dragon has set up home alongside Occombe's Aylesbury ducks. It was created on a lightweight copper frame, clad with more than 2,000 recycled aluminum cans cut into individual 'scales' and coloured. More than 90 per cent of each can was re-used during the making of the dragon by undergraduate students Alistair Pethick and Ryan Berry of South Devon College. The sculpture trail is made up of 12 pieces altogether including: Bird Recycled by Liz Lockyear, The Tap Tree by Philippa Temple, Sunflower Vase by Beth Hughes, Glimshims by Maddy Norris, Ash Throne by Peter Stride, new site specific works by Luci Coles, In Memory of the Plastic Bag by Herewood Gabriel, Sheep by Lauren Ballard, The Plastic Mamba Monty by The Cob Tin Environmental Arts Group, a piece by Petra Turner and Flowers of the Future by Branca Bastos. The sculptures will remain at Occombe until the end of June. Its opening marked the start of the English Riviera Geopark Festival, a fortnight of events to promote and celebrate Torbay's geological, ecological, archaeological and cultural heritage. For more details see www.englishrivierageopark.org.uk |