The top section opens out into further branches, with
limited carved areas depicting leaves and wildlife at the branch nodes. The
sculpture is placed on a small roundabout on the centre’s main entrance
road.
A bronze mask of a mature king 1 metre high is fixed on the
side of the sculpture facing the road in, on the other side is a mask of a
young king, which faces the car park. The older King’s crown is formed from
winter trees whilst the young King’s crown shows trees in leaf. 
Description:
Commission Title:
King of the Wood
Sculptors:
Philip Bews and
Diane Gorvin
Production Period:
December 1999 - June 2000
Site:
Aspects Leisure Park, Kingswood, Bristol
Commissioned By:
Aspects (Bristol) Ltd with
the assistance of the Arts Development Unit of South Gloucestershire Council
Phil designed the stainless steel fixings which were
fabricated by steel specialists. He fixed these base plates to the foot of
each leg of the tripod and bolted the sections together, it was then raised
up for Phil to execute the carving.
Diane modelled the Kings masks in clay
over a wooden armature and Castle Fine Art Foundry made the moulds using
latex rubber with a glass fibre jacket and cast them into bronze, using the
lost wax method. The old King was patinated red bronze and for the young
King light green was used.
Production Method: