A SALCOMBE sculptor is donating a large stone frieze to the Holy Trinity Church and the local community.
Jim Martins, Stone Sculpture Workshop, Thorning Street, Salcombe, has been working on the sculpture for the last few months and is planning to have it installed by Christmas.
The sculpture is focussed on the abundance of life in the Kingsbridge and Salcombe estuary and Jim says ‘the church is always the focus point at times of war or problems in the community, you don’t have to be religious to appreciate it’.
Jim has a long history with Salcombe, with his grandfather setting sail out of the town at the age of thirteen. Jim has seen enormous changes in the town since his childhood and has always had an affiliation with the fishing industry in Salcombe.
The four limestone plaques come together to feature bread, fish, crab, the church and the war memorial, a whole scene of Salcombe and what the place means to the people who live there.
Jim will be donating the plaques completely free, as he said: ‘there are very few gifts nowadays, they always have strings attached, but this is a gift and I’ll be proud to be able to see my work in the church’.
Jim is the sculptor responsible for the shipwright in the entrance to the Island Street Bar and Grill and donated £5,000 to both Salcombe Primary School and the Salcombe Martime Museum following the sale of the maquettes, or models, used to create him.
