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Musical Inspiration by Simon Chidharara is a Shona sculpture that highlights how music inspires life. Musical Inspiration Simon Chidharara Materials: Springstone and Dolomite Description: Springstone and dolomite Shona sculpture highlighting the inspiration behind music. Installation Date: June, 2014 Number on Map: 25 Go to Gallery About: “The musical instrument in this sculpture has a natural bond and connection to human life. Music entertains and educates us and speaks a universal language. The Dolomite lines represent the lyrics accompanying the music from the guitar. The lady is listening to the inspiring lyrics and music and it gives her happiness and peace. Music can do that.” About the Piece: Simon found this particular piece of springstone in a quarry up a mountain side in Zimbabwe. He and a crew of men careful carried it down the mountain so that the stone face would not be damaged. The shape had immediately spoken to him and he had the image for his sculpture. With a stringed musical instrument on one side and a woman listening to the music on the other side. All of the work on the sculpture is done by hand. The smooth sections were sanded with 7 grades of sandpaper. These smooth surfaces were then heated with fire to open up the pores of the stone and wax infused into the stone, The white lines were created by cutting grooves in the stones, grinding up dolomite and gluing the white granules into the grooves. Simon has been the artist in residence twice over the past 10 years at ZimArt and was present for the installation of the sculpture. About ZimArt: ZimArt is an initiative created by Fran Fearnley. ZimArt's Rice Lake Gallery, located in Bailieboro, Ontario (mid-way between Peterborough and Port Hope), represents over 50 Zimbabwean stone sculptors. The most comprehensive collection of hand-carved Zimbabwean stone sculpture in Canada is on display in a beautiful natural setting overlooking Rice Lake. Each year ZimArt hosts a visiting artist from Zimbabwe. Since 2000, Fran and ZimArt have been able to expand the small business into a thriving place of art for people of all ages to enjoy. www.zimart.ca < Back to Sculptures

Mary Ellen Farrow created her piece Voyage as part of the 2017 sculpture symposium, Carved on the Canadian Shield, in celebration of Canada 150. Voyage Mary Ellen Farrow Materials: Limestone Installation Date: June 2017 Number on Map: 30 Go to Gallery Carved on the Canadian Shield Four artists from three countries visited Haliburton for a three week sculpture symposium in 2017 in celebration of Dysart 150, Ontario 150, and Canada 150. Beginning with a block of limestone, each artist was tasked with creating a piece that reflected the theme of carving on the Canadian Shield. Artist's Statement: When asked to participate in the 150 Sculpture Symposium, “Carved on the Canadian Shield”, I knew that I wanted to sculpt a canoe. The canoe is so much a part our heritage, created by the Indigenous People, used by the early settlers as transportation, exploration, trade, and commerce. Today the canoe is much a part of the local community, for sport and recreation, and is an integral part of the tourism trade. It is a bit of an enigma, seeing a canoe in the forest but that is part of the fun. I wanted it to be interactive, for children to be able to climb over it and play games in it, to simply enjoy. < Back to Sculptures

William (Bill) Lishman was a world-renowned inventor, author, and artist in many media. William Lishman William (Bill) Lishman M.S.M., L,L,D. (hon) ( b. 1939 - 2017) Lishman was a world-renowned inventor and artist in many media. His works include award-winning documentary films, three books, and numerous works of public art, including a 26 meter tall sculpture for EXPO 86 in Vancouver, twenty figures for the Bridgepoint hospital in Toronto, and Canada’s largest salmon sculpture in Campbellton NB. His 1996 best selling autobiography inspired the Columbia Pictures Oscar nominated film, Fly Away Home, as well as the Jaques Perrin feature film The Winged Migration. Bill was a pioneer in ultra-light aviation and became the first human to lead birds in the air with an aircraft. Building on that he initiated the use of ultra-light aircraft in establishing new migration routes for precocial birds. In 2015 he published his third book, The Oak Ridges Moraine From Above and also completed a 13-meter tall stainless steel iceberg sculpture for the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. In his later years, Bill's passion built on his pioneering work in domed earth integrated architecture and is a concept for a new form of communal living for extreme climates particularly to fit the need of the Indigenous peoples of Canada’s north. Bill received numerous awards including the Odyssey of the Mind's prestigious Creativity Award, The Canadian Meritorious Service Medal, the US National Wildlife Federation Conservation award, and two honorary doctorates. < Back to Artists

2018 < All Sculptures 2018 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $9,850.00 Sun Sisters Tim Dolman Artist Contact Information 519-369-6479

2019 < All Sculptures 2019 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,900.00 Earth and Sky Julie Campagna Julie Campagna lives in Toronto and has been a sculptor since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1991. Along with her study of the human condition and her dedication to realizing her ideas in three-dimensions, the personal connection between artist and viewer has always been an integral part of Campagna’s life’s work. In 2001 she converted a second story apartment into a studio gallery and opened her door to the public. Campagna Bronze studio gallery offers a unique window into the sculpting process as well as the opportunity to take private workshops and learn the technique of wax modelling. Campagna’s sculptures are in private and public collections worldwide and her work can be viewed at www.campagnabronze.com “My quest for clarity in this tangled existence is why my ideas take form." Artist Contact Information 416.539.9206 julie@campagnabronze.com

Kevin Lockau is a Canadian mixed media sculptor and teacher. Kevin Lockau Kevin Lockau lives and works north of Bancroft. A mixed media sculptor, Kevin won the 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts/Saidye Bronfman Award. Over his career, he invented three hot glass casting techniques, and was pivotal in developing the glass studio at Sheridan College, where he taught for 20 years. Kevin collects various sized stones on the shores of Lake Superior and after carving the stone, combines stone and glasswork together into sculptural pieces. He has exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Europe. < Back to Artists

2018 < All Sculptures 2018 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $20,000.00 Weeping Gargoyle Julie Campagna Artist Contact Information 416-539-9206 julie@campagnabronze.com

Youkie Stagg < Back Originally Published On: January 1, 2016 Originally Published By: Haliburton Echo Visionary: A Tribute to Sir Sanford Fleming Written By: Youkie Stagg Sir Sandford Fleming was born in 1827 in Scotland but later moved to Peterborough in 1845 with his older brother. Fleming made several major contributions to the Peterborough community as well as the rest of the world. His most notable achievement was the establishment of Universal Standard Time which he recommended to the Royal Canadian Institute in 1879 and was adopted universally in 1884. His other achievements include: his design of a prototype of in-line skates, the Foundation of the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto, the Threepenny Beaver – Canada’s first adhesive postage stamp, a proposal for a railway line spanning “British North America,” a submarine cable that would connect all the nations of the British Empire by telegraph, appointed as Chief Engineer of the Northern Railway, and knighthood by Queen Victoria in 1897. This sculpture includes the elements of a surveyor’s transit, compass, a clock representing time, significant dates in Fleming’s life, and the globe. The Sculpture Forest offers free guided tours each Tuesday from 10-11:30 am and a shorter “Curator Selection” tour on Wednesday from 12:10 – 12:50. Meet at the kiosk in the Fleming College parking lot. < Previous Article Next Article >

2022 < All Sculptures 2022 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,500.00 Sustenance Jennifer Anne Kelly Sustenance Sustenance is an abstraction of a hollow log interpreted with Aleuria Aurantia (often referred to as Orange Peel Fungi). I am attracted to the symbiotic relationships in the forest. It is a reminder that we all need each other. We give each other sustenance. Jennifer Anne Kelly "I am inspired by what I do not yet understand. This is true of our natural world as I believe we are at the very beginning of understanding the abilities and experiences of other living things. It is also true of creating in glass. I strive to create what I have never seen created before. This leads to a lot of experimentation, trial, and error. My greatest challenge is accomplishing the effect I am looking for with each small element. When the final piece emerges and my heart jumps, I know I have succeeded." Jennifer Anne Kelly was born in Ottawa, Canada and spent a few early schooling years in London, England. Jennifer chose to stay in Ottawa when she returned and completed her formal education at Carleton University. At age twenty two she took a stained glass course in Ottawa and was completely entranced by this magic substance that was so many things at one time. She spent the following years experimenting with original designs in stained glass and then around 2010 she began experimenting with kiln worked glass. She has studied at many schools including Corning Studio, Pittsburgh Glass School, Urban Glass in New York, and Bullseye Glass Studio in Portland OR. In 2013 she was hired to create glass for Cirque du Soleil and that’s when she began to pursue glass creativity as a full time occupation. Kelly has since taught her glass techniques in Canada and the UK. "What energizes me? Fleeting moments in my daily activities or on one of my excursions in the forest and on water make my heart jump. It can be the view in front of me or an image in my mind. It is the spark that ignites my vision for a new glass artwork." Taking inspiration from dreams and time spent in nature and recreating the experience from memory, Kelly creates dream-like pieces from glass. Most pieces begin with glass powder. The fine powdered glass changes under heat in the kiln. The layering and shading of various powders is repeated several times with multiple trips into the kiln. Fine tools are used to etch into the powder and to shape the individual forms. In some cases, a torch is used to shape rods of glass into the anticipated forms. After torching, etching, and shaping, the glass goes back into the kiln for annealing. Her process of creating the various elements that go into a piece takes weeks and often months. "I create in glass as one would write a poem. It is at once deeply personal and yearning to be shared. When someone views my creation and has a deep connection I am overjoyed." The common glass thread through her work is the contemplation on the human experience in our natural world. Humans have always had a deeply emotional relationship with the world around us. We interpret metaphors in these scenes. We struggle at times to relate and at other times feel a profound interconnectedness with the universe. Artist Contact Information jenniferannekelly.com www.glasskits.ca @jenniferakelly 613-859-0100

John Shaw-Rimmington has, in the past, specialized in restoring historic stone buildings. After working for the Uxbridge museum he extended his focus to using stone in landscaping and building dry stone walls. His knowledge of designing with stone has developed after years of masonry practice in Canada and comprehensive research into traditional dry stonework in Britain where he worked with a number of professional wallers. He teaches walling in southern Ontario and has designed and built many dry stone art installations across Canada as well as built a number of dry stone bridges in Ontario and Quebec. As well as doing many demonstrations and lectures, John is the president of the Dry Stone Walling Across of Canada (www.dswac.ca), and also writes of a daily blog called Thinking With My Hands. < All Artists John Shaw-Rimmington ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio John Shaw-Rimmington has, in the past, specialized in restoring historic stone buildings. After working for the Uxbridge museum he extended his focus to using stone in landscaping and building dry stone walls. His knowledge of designing with stone has developed after years of masonry practice in Canada and comprehensive research into traditional dry stonework in Britain where he worked with a number of professional wallers. He teaches walling in southern Ontario and has designed and built many dry stone art installations across Canada as well as built a number of dry stone bridges in Ontario and Quebec. As well as doing many demonstrations and lectures, John is the president of the Dry Stone Walling Across of Canada (www.dswac.ca ), and also writes of a daily blog called Thinking With My Hands. Artist Website Installed Sculptures Unity Gate Spiral Ascent C to C Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

C to C by John Shaw-Rimmington. C to C John Shaw-Rimmington Name of Sculpture: C to C Materials: Locally quarried granite gneiss Description: Two facing “C” shaped dry stone walls forming an "S" shaped passageway Installation Date: May, 2007 Number on Map: 16 Go to Gallery About the Sculpture Almost 25 tons of stone purchased from Attia Quarries close to Minden, Ontario was used for the hands-on, week-long Dry Stone Structures course given May 2007 at the Haliburton School of Art + Design. The finished structure represents the work of 12 capable students who came from as far away as Montana, Washington and Ottawa to attend this comprehensive dry stone wall workshop. 'C to C' is a free standing dry laid sculpture designed by DSWAC president John Shaw-Rimmington. It uses an attractive locally quarried random granite gneiss carefully fitted together to form two semi-circular walls. The idea is based on taking a typical dry laid sheepfold (the type you see all over parts of England and Scotland) and then slicing it down the middle and shifting one side several feet along the line of bi-section. (Sort of a 'Sheep Shear'). In effect, a charming new structure is created presenting a winding pathway through two C shaped walls. The height of the two walls, including the vertical rugged coping, is nearly 4 and a half feet high; standing between them, there is a dynamic interior space which is intimate and inviting. We have called the dry laid structure "C to C" as it alludes not only to the different parts of North America that people came from to build the structure, but also the growing interest there is in traditional dry stone construction all over Canada and the States, from sea to sea. < Back to Sculptures