This sculpture was commissioned as a feature for ‘Clydebuilt’, the Scottish Maritime Museum on the banks of the River Clyde at Braehead. The composition is made up of a pair of shipyard workers who are posed hauling on the drag chains of a ship, pulling her towards the Clyde. The prow of the ship is built out from the wall of the museum and the figures lean out over the river walkway so that the spectator has an exciting and dynamic view of the sculptures from below.

The sculpture is intended to represent the past and (hopefully) the future of ship building on the River Clyde. The figures are approximately twice life sized. One figure is clad in old fashioned dungarees and wears a flat cap, as they would have done in the yards of former times. The other wears modern overalls and a Kromer welding cap as worn in the Clyde’s remaining ship yards.

Sculptor Kenny Mackay assisted in the modelling process.

 Another of Andy Scott’s large scale bronze pieces is Monkton Icarus.

This landmark sculpture was commissioned for the aerospace technology park near Prestwick airport and developed from schoolchildren’s designs.