|
Writer’s works chosen to complete canoe sculpture project
 A new interpretive panel adorns the Centennial sculpture, Portage, in Patterson Park in La Ronge. |
|
The work of 14 writers
will adorn paddle-shaped
markers to bring to
completion, Portage, the
northern Centennial
sculpture that sits in
Patterson Park in La
Ronge.
A small group of
writers, along with the
sculptor, Chris St. Amand,
chose the work of 14
writers.
Initially a call was put
out for 12 writings that
would reflect experiences
of Saskatchewan,
particularly northern
Saskatchewan, but, St.
Amand said, there were a
wide variety of entries and
it got to an impossible
editing job to cut out two
of the entries. Four poems
and 10 stories make up the
writing for the project.
“I felt that the 14 picked
were very equal, so I
supported 14 as opposed to
12. I felt they were strong
stories,” St. Amand said.
Once the written pieces
were chosen, several had to
be edited to fit the scale of
the plate being used to
create the paddles for the
project.
The written pieces will
be laser-etched onto pieces
of steel, which in turn, will
be mounted onto the steel,
paddle-shaped profile,
which will be mounted
onto a timber post and
anchored into the ground.
“The laser etching is
being done; the paddles are
ready,” St. Amand said.
St. Amand said, he
expects to have the paddles
in the Town’s hand by the
first week of November.
“Then, it’s a matter of
how and when they arrive
to have these put up.”
The original proposal
for the Portage creation
included the paddles being
placed around the
sculpture, but, St. Amand
said, following meetings
with Town officials, the
idea of aligning the paddles
along a public walkway
was introduced.
“I immediately liked
that idea. With the title of
the piece being Portage,
the idea of walking or
being on a trail, it just
seemed to fit.”
The writer’s selected
are: Peggy (Hayes) Looby,
of Yorkdale, Sask.;
Lindsay Blair, of La
Ronge; Trevor Casper, of
Lafayette, Louisiana;
Eunice McKenzie, of Air
Ronge; Laurel Archer, of
Comox, B.C; Shelley
Leedahl, of Saskatoon; R.P
MacIntyre, of La Ronge;
Felicia Daunt, of La
Ronge; Gareth Cook, of
Air Ronge; Linda
Mikolayenko, of Air
Ronge; Roger Jerome, of
Air Ronge; Jim Searson, of
Air Ronge and Jane Lyster,
of Lyn, Ont.
Valerie G. Connell
|
