Student unveils her winning artwork for Moncreiffe Hill

A pair of hare sculptures have taken up residence in a Perthshire woodland.

Woodland Trust Scotland runs an annual competition for students at Dundee University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, to come up with a piece of work that will engage visitors at its Moncreiffe Hill Wood, on the edge of Perth.

The competition gives students useful experience responding to commissions and dealing with clients – and the wood gains a new artwork every year.

This year’s winner was Fine Art student Caitlyn Vesey, originally from Blackwood in South Lanarkshire.

“I really enjoyed making the hare sculptures for the Woodland Trust,” she said. “I had never hand built sculptures from clay like this before so it was a great learning experience for me and definitely a challenge at some points in the process. I am very excited for the public to see my sculptures in site and can’t wait to go back after a few months to see how nature has grown around them. As I’m about to graduate from Duncan of Jordanstone in June it was a very useful experience for me to be working with a client and I hope to make more work similar to this in the future.”

Woodland Trust Scotland site manager Jill Aitken said: “We have had various professional artists as well as the students produce pieces for the site over the years. The wood probably has more art than many galleries now! Some of the works are quite visible as you walk around, but you have to be very observant to spot them all. Caitlyn’s hares are a very welcome addition.”

Fine art student Caitlyn Vesey with her hare sculptures.