{"id":1200,"date":"2021-11-21T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/?page_id=1200"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:16:01","slug":"faughan-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/?page_id=1200","title":{"rendered":"Faughan Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1763900155938{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-right: -100px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Faughan Valley<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Commission public art &#8211; for Woodland Trust<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">The birds, Faughan Valley:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>This commission, for the Woodland Trust created an artwork for the Faughan Valley ancient Woodlands Sculpture Trail. We designed a sculptural work that represented a large murmuration of swifts in the sky for the commemoration of the fallen in WW2. The artwork is designed to be eye-catching, impactful but sensitive creating an uplifting sense of wonder. The brief stipulated a requirement for a 25-year minimum lifespan which we met using a mixture of galvanised steel and stainless steel similar to our proposal for this commission. The materials are chosen for strength and durability but also to allow the vertical structural elements to recede into the background while the birds become the focus. These rods support the glorious swarm of birds that appear to flock in the sky The judges recognised our sculpture, citing it to be of the highest quality with a broad international appeal that demonstrated sensitivity to the natural environmental and acknowledged the importance of this ancient woodland setting, as well as linking to Derry City &amp; Strabane District Council\u2019s tourism strategy, demonstrated a clear intention to drive the local economy forward[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;1413,1410,1415&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; slides_per_view=&#8221;3&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;1418,1416,1417&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; slides_per_view=&#8221;3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1763900155938{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-right: -100px !important;}&#8221;] Faughan Valley Commission public art &#8211; for Woodland Trust The birds, Faughan Valley:\u00a0This commission, for the Woodland Trust created an artwork for the Faughan Valley ancient Woodlands Sculpture Trail. We designed a sculptural work that represented a large murmuration of swifts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1675,"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1200\/revisions\/1675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jenniferyoung-art.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}