For our latest sculpture Sheena was inspired by a Charnia, the oldest known fossil with such a complex structure. The fossil was discovered by an English schoolboy in 1957 and stunned the science world. The frond like fossil has the most effective body structure, which was used through evolution from then on in all life forms, including (rather a lot later) in the human skeleton.
The Charnia sculpture now stands in our "Evolution Walk" as part of Valley of Eden, the very top garden here at The Ewe Sculpture Garden. It stands 20 feet tall and in strong wind sounds like a wind turbine - in fact from a distance it looks a bit like a prototype, revolutionary turbine. We are hoping it will help keep the deer away, since they are eating all our plants, including a delicate Magnolia tree. Fortunately so far they have kept away from our precious Australian Wollemi pine. Parts of the top forests are like deer highways, with droppings and nesting places revealing their habits.
