Alie's Garden Gallery

Sycamore and forged metal gate-keepers by Kevin Blackwell

Seed pot sycamore seats by Kevin Blackwell.

Detail from Bee Stone from Causewayhead Road, now in Ailie’s Garden.  Symbol of the Abercromby family

Pavement mosaic, made from buttons, tesserae and cement by Stirling schoolchildren under the guidance of Jan Kilpatrick, mosaic artist.

Dragon’s teeth sycamore seats, designed and made by Kevin Blackwell, Ailie’s Garden, 2002

Lion detail from sandstone royal warrant, rescued after the demolition of Leathley’s Fish Shop, corner of Dumbarton Road/Port Street, prior to the building of the John Allan Wolfcraig tenement.

Detail of the bench commemorating art teacher Robert Alexander Burnett (1908-1998) and made by Phil Johnson of Ratho Byres Forge, Midlothian, 1999.

Detail of bench of burned oak by Peter Toiag, front of the Smith, 2006.

Tree shadow on the Smith lawn.

Bench by Elspeth Bennie of Ironhorse Studios, Balfron, and wolf pawprints on the Pictish standing stone (Caithness slab) carved by Alan Reid, 2001.

Detail of wooden draughts pieces.

Details of dragon’s teeth seat and feathers

Details of dragon’s teeth seat and feathers

Details of dragon’s teeth seat and feathers

Seed pod seat details

Seed pod seat details

Sycamore and forged metal gate-keepers by Kevin Blackwell

Gilbert and Sullivan Gates, made by Stirling blacksmith Robert Hutchison, 1990, for the Embankment, London, to celebrate the centenary of the connection between D’oyle Carte and the Savoy Hotel.  Acquired by the Stirling Smith in 2004.

Detail of the bench commemorating art teacher Robert Alexander Burnett (1908-1998) and made by Phil Johnson of Ratho Byres Forge, Midlothian, 1999.

Wolf prints, Pictish stone, by Alan Reid.

Gilbert and Sullivan Gates, made by Stirling blacksmith Robert Hutchison, 1990, for the Embankment, London, to celebrate the centenary of the connection between D’oyle Carte and the Savoy Hotel.  Acquired by the Stirling Smith in 2004.

Gilbert and Sullivan Gates, made by Stirling blacksmith Robert Hutchison, 1990, for the Embankment, London, to celebrate the centenary of the connection between D’oyle Carte and the Savoy Hotel.  Acquired by the Stirling Smith in 2004.