The sculpture was developed from a drawing by GWRC landscape designer, Barry Straight.
Using the expertise of Nigel Pritchard from Riverbank Engineering in Otaki his drawing was computerised and using a Plasma-CAM laser-cutting machine was reproduced and cut out from single sheet of corten steel (hence the rusted effect).
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