Fraser
Description
Fraser is a Bearded Banshee Snail hailing all the way from Scotland, and that’s a long way to travel when you’re a snail! You’ll see and hear Fraser creeping through your garden screaming with delight at all the delicious flora to munch through a lot of which gets stuck in his beard, but that’s just more snacks for later. The gardens around Ballarat have a much better menu than those back in Scotland and begonias have become a firm favourite.
Fraser is made of 100% reclaimed steel and finished off beautifully by the Glass Guru with a piece of green hand made slumped glass.
For something fun and a bit different Tim decided to give employees Fraser and Jasper an opportunity to sculpt a snail self-portrait.
They were given a couple of hours and unrestricted access to the Tread boneyard of material to sculpt the faces of their snails and they embraced it with vigor. You can really see their personalities and individuality in their finished pieces.
Fraser works a couple of day a week at Tread Sculptures and is an artist and blacksmith in his own right.
He loves all things art and has extensive experience in the field as an installer for world class artists at the NGV and Sculptures by the Sea.
Jasper works at Tread around his university course. He is in his final year of Prosthetics Degree so splits his time between making artwork, making body parts, rock climbing and playing the bass guitar.
Dimensions
77cm long x 66cm tall to the top of his shell