Christian the Lion (sculpture)
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Aidan’s lion is based on a real lion called 'Christian'. He lived on
The Kings Road in the 70s after being bought by his owners at Harrods!
He was exercised in the garden of The Moravian Church in Chelsea, where
Aidan learned about him (& watched clips of him on 'You Tube') as his
church meet here regularly and Aidan plays here in the garden.
Aidan wanted to make a 'rainbow' lion and liked the sculptures of
Robert Bradford (seen at Art London & The Affordable Art Fair) who uses
lots of little toys to make colourful & fun animals.
Aidan carefully decided which of his toys he wanted to use for his
sculpture and bought other bits & pieces from a charity shop. The inner
structure (armature) is made from a litre plastic water bottle, card
tubes from a roll of foil, a plastic pie lid (mane) and a polystyrene
ball for the head. Aidan stuck these together with gaffa tape then
covered them with 'mod rock' plaster bandage. This was sprayed with gold
enamel paint then the toys were stuck using glue.
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| Aidan Rymill , 5 yrs |
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AN INTERNATIONAL ART PRIZE FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN UP TO AGE 18
