A wise owl will look down on the children in the King’s Gingko Meadow after renowned wood sculptor Ed Pilkington recreated the beautiful indigenous British bird to help celebrate King’s Infants 10th anniversary.
The idea took wings after a visit of Gauntlet Birds of Prey, whose star attraction that day was a Tawny Owl desperate to get out of its birdcage.
Emma Warburton Vice Principal of King’s Infants said: “The children really took to the bird and we thought it would be nice to have a sculpture made so that their new friend could look down on them while they were playing in the meadow.”
Made from a Lime stump donated by Tree Works of Poynton, Ed who is a Countryside Ranger on the Middlewood Way, said: “We only use timber from trees that have had to be taken down naturally.” He added: “I am receiving more and more commissions as people appreciate the simplicity but beauty of natural wood carvings.”
Ed has been refining his art for the last 10 years, the skills having been passed down by the Head Ranger of Exmoor National Park, when Ed was a park ranger volunteer.
Pictured are Head of King’s Foundation Dr. Stephen Coyne with Emma Warburton and Ed Pilkington and pupils Florence and Bradley.
