Students have carved themselves a place in local history after creating a series of special sculptures to commemorate war and encourage peace.
Several year nine pupils from Moor End Academy have been putting chisel to stone with lauded York Minster sculptor, Peter Maris and have been turning stone into stunning art.
Prospective GCSE art students Imad Kazi, Danyaal Uddin, Adina Tudoran, Weronika Osmolska and Zahra Nazir have helped to design three pieces, which will be placed in the commemorative memorial garden being developed at Huddersfield’s Tolson Museum, in Ravensknowle Park.
They chose to create a dove with an olive branch and the CND symbol encased in a heart, which were realised through a two day stone cutting session.
Talking about the day, one of the students said: “It was a challenging, creative experience that required a lot of effort but we had a great time and it was really interesting to learn how he creates his work.”
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the project was launched to encourage them to think about the repercussions of conflict and create their own personal responses to it.
The designs will then be incorporated into sculptures for museum as part of the project, which was awarded £97,000 by Heritage Lottery and will include landscaping, the creation of a timeline on the footpath and the three sculptures, as well as information boards sharing the local community’s experience of conflict during World War Two and later conflicts with visitors.
