21/04/2010

Children can design a gargoyle for York Minster. This summer's highly anticipated Stone Carving Festival held by the Minster will allow under 11's the chance to get their own drawings carved into stone by a professional Carver.

All children under the age of 11 are welcome to enter a painting or drawing of a Gargoyle on an A4 piece of paper. The theme for the festival is ‘Nature's Form and the Fabulous' so this theme extends to the drawing competition. Entries are to be submitted by 2nd July 2010 and the winner will be able to watch their drawing come to life under the hands of one of the Minster's Stone Carvers over the weekend of the 14th-15th August. Unfortunately we are unable to return the drawings to their owners after the event.

The carving will take place in the Minster School Grounds where you will be able to follow the progress of up to eighty expert and apprentice Masons and Carvers working around the theme to produce exciting and beautiful carvings which will be auctioned off on the Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm by Stephensons Auctioneers.

Tips for a successful entry to this competition would be that the child should think about the front, back and side of their gargoyle to assist the Carver's interpretation. You should remember that the Carvers only have a weekend to produce the gargoyle so simplicity may be the key. Also if you're struggling for inspiration try looking around your local churches for ideas, and remember, make it fabulous!

Entries should be sent to Rebecca Thompson at; The Stoneyard, 4 Deangate, York, YO1 7JA. Entries must be received by 2nd July 2010 and the winner will be notified by 9th July 2010. Please write your name, age, address and telephone number on the back of the drawing.

The Stone Carving festival is at York Minster for the first time in ten years and will follow the annual Stoneyard open day which is always extremely popular with York residents. All the stones carved throughout the festival will be auctioned off to the public on Sunday and the proceeds will be divided between York Minster Fund and York Against Cancer. To find out more about the festival and the children's competition, please visit http://www.yorkminster.org/

 

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