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Lockridge
Primary
School
2010
The staff and students of Lockridge
Primary School are proud that the
land on which the school sits was once
farmland owned by the prominent
local Hammersley family. So much so
that their family crest, the mythical
Gryphon, is now the school crest.
With its lion’s body, bird’s head, and
wings, the Gryphon is a marvellous
starting point for an artist’s vivid
imagination to take off.
The wings on Tony Pankiw’s giant metal
Gryphon form a shelter from the sun
while the tail, positioned under the
wing, is a seat. The sculpture is made
from galvanized steel, aluminium and
concrete, with the surrounding area laid
with rubber for safety.
The two metals contrast. The galvanized
steel has a facetted, grainy surface,
while the new aluminium gives the wings
the ‘high tech’ look of an aircraft. The
concrete plinth enhances the Gryphon’s
aura of stateliness.
Tony cast the Gryphon in the reception
area in a bronzed resin. The detailed
design is based on an original drawing by
Robert Gordon. The finished artwork has
a patina of blue green, which gives the
feel of an historic, ancient crest.
Diverting from the Gryphon, each teaching
block has been given the Nyoongar name
for a local tree. A laser cut aluminium,
metal relief tree with the name at the
base, sits on each building. Tony ran
special workshops with the students
so their delightful drawings could be
transcribed into design elements that sit
on either side of each tree. Kwela (sheoak)
has river creatures; Moodja (Christmas
tree) has flying creatures; and Baroo (grass
tree) has land creatures, all imagined or
remembered by the students.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Artist:
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Photography:
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DTF Project
Delivery Manager:
Tony Pankiw
Gryphon, Kwela,
Moodja, Baroo,
School Emblem
Edgar Idle Wade
Maggie Baxter
Tony Pankiw
Department
of Education
Kimberley Boyd
Department of Treasury & Finance
Department of Culture and the Arts
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA