Frances Clark Sculpture

Mar 21st, 2021

This is a very exciting addition to West Kilbride and the Craft Town. Frances is a very talented sculptor as can be seen from the work on display. She works with a variety of mediums and seems to specialise in busts. Visitors can talk with her as she works during opening hours and order by commission. She also runs courses in sculpting in the gallery - but these are very well attended so booking is essential. It is also a fascinating fact that the gallery is situated in the former living room of the Boyd Orr family. Nobel Peace Prize winner John Boyd Orr grew up in West Kilbride and this was the family home. He won the prize in 1949 for a book he wrote during the war in which he suggested that after WW2 all wartime production capacity should be turned to feeding the hungry and housing the homeless. His formative years were spent in West Kilbride and many the night he would have spent with his parents and siblings in this room. Scotland has only had two Nobel Peace Prize laureates to date, so this is a rare place.
Jul 14th, 2019