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John McKenna ARBS cast the sculpture, The Vision of Eof, in bronze at the A4A Art for Architecture studio foundry in Ayrshire. The bronze statue was unveiled in 2008 on site on the edge of the town market square in Evesham.

The sculptor had won a…

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John McKenna ARBS makes the full size wax version of the sculpture, The Vision of Eof, ready for investing (to cast in bronze) at the A4A Art for Architecture studio foundry in Ayrshire. The bronze statue was unveiled in 2008 on site on the edge of…

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John McKenna ARBS checks over the moulding (from the clay version) of the sculpture, The Vision of Eof, made at the A4A Art for Architecture studio foundry in Ayrshire.

From the mould a full size wax version was made for investing, ready to cast in…

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This clay sculpture was created of The vision of Eof by sculptor John McKenna ARBS, before moulding at the A4A studio foundry, in Ayrshire. From the mould a full size wax version was made for investing, ready to cast in bronze. The bronze statue was…

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This very small maquette sculpture idea was submitted by John McKenna ARBS, for a public art competition.

The competition was held by the Cotswold and Vale Magazine of Evesham around the 2000 millennium, to select by public vote a sculpture using…

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The legend of the founding of Evesham is that while searching for his pigs on the banks of the River Avon, Eof, a swineherd, received a vision of the Virgin Mary. Eof related this vision to Ecgwine (Saint Egwin), Bishop of Worcester. Ecgwine founded…

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This bronze statue by sculptor John McKenna ARBS is situated in Evesham town centre, on the edge of the town market square. It commemorates the legend of Eof's vision. The legend is that while searching for his pigs on the banks of the River Avon,…

Once upon a time...
Two illustrations for a story I began to write but didn't finish about an imaginary meeting of two cultures, Roman and Anglo Saxon.

The woman looking out over a Saxon village is from a Roman family
her child and husband are buried in the forest…

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Items from the Corinium Museum's collection of grave-goods from the Butler's Field excavations in Lechlade.

Text From Gallery
BUTLER’S FIELD : ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY
One of the largest and most important Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in the Upper…

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This is my own pencil drawing rendition of a huscarl in mid-battle at Stamford Bridge, 25th Sept, 1066.

I have afterwards tinted the picture slightly (using a computer editing program), for effect, but the rest is my own effort.

It's not…
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