Day In The Country - 2 September 2023
Animal Sculpture Competition
FREE ENTRY - PADDOCK ART COMPETITION
Entries open 5 August and close 19th August
There are 3 prizes available, entries will be judged by Wormbiz*
Sculptures will be on display at the hall from 19th August,
or out the front of your home from 5th August until 2nd September.
All entries will be on display until the end of Day in the Country.
Big ones can be displayed out the front of your property so that
they are visible from the road. If you submit your sculpture online
before 19th August they will be entered onto the online sculpture map, for people to do driving tours prior to the Day in the Country.
Entries that can be moved to the Hall for display should be brought for installation on Saturday 19th August from 10am to 1pm.
Please register your “Animals in the Paddock” entry by:
• Filling in the form below (so we can display online)
• Or, sending an email to killabakhditc@gmail.com
(include Your Name, Title of Work, Address, Phone, Email, Description, Materials)
Letting us know about your sculpture helps us promote the Day in the Country
+ means we can add you to the sculpture map
+ it enters you into the competition to win the awesome Wormbiz prizes
Winners announced on the 2nd September
Prizes:
A Ute Load of Worm Castings valued at $300
$50 Bunnings Voucher
Prizes donated by
WormBiz
and Bunnings
The Animal Sculpture Competition is Proudly Sponsored by WormBiz
The Categories
We have two categories of entries and prizes. Big ones and Small ones. The Big ones will be displayed out the front of your property and will also be listed on an Animal Sculpture Map that will be available below for people to do art tours of the area during the course of the exhibition. The Small ones will be displayed out the front of the Hall and remain there for the duration of Day In The Country and the week prior to align with the opening of the Art Show.
Catetory 1:
BIG ones - at least 2 meters high.
To be displayed out the front of
your property and included on our
tour map by the 19th August.
Catetory 2:
Small ones - under 1 meter high.
To be taken to the hall for display
by 5pm on the 19th August.
Follow the Leader
Emma
Letheren
In Art Show Room
Bottle caps, wire, buttons
Marshmallow- the goose that thinks he is a cow
Alan
Hull
At front of Hall on the fence
Tin, screws, wire
Marshmallow is an official resident of the Ingleton Farm. He lives his best life with a cow herd which he follows everywhere. You can spot the real Marshmallow on Alfred Rd in the wetlands or in the paddocks- but always with his herd.
Big Boomer
Emily
McFarlane
Out front of their property
Wire, sticks and bark
Big Boomer was created with the help of all the family.
Constructed with the use of natural material from the surrounding landscape.
Photo images can be provided via email in the near future for the website.
Donkey Kong
Craig
Hamilton
In Art Show Room
Air dry clay and paint
Grug at the Day in the Country
Craig
Hamilton
On Ted Prior's table with Grug
Air dry clay, paint, natural materials
Celebrating Grug at the Day in the Country and also Grug's wonderful author Ted Prior, a local to the Killabakh area. Grug was my favourite book series as a child and I now enjoy reading these books to my children.
Country Creatures
Lisa
Forrest
In Art Show Room
Wire / Timber / Concrete
The base of the artwork is a 70+ year old timber post from the property of one of the original pioneers of Killabakh Don McKay. The individual “Country Animals” are all made from intertwined wire.
The animal hunter
Craig
Hamilton
In Art Show Room
clay, paint and natural materials
Chisel
Carol
Saul
In Carol's front yard
Rock and Rusty Steel
"Chisel" is made out of an old chisel plough and a rock I found on the beach. He is too heavy to move. hoping you will except him in Cat.1
He is in our front garden and can be seen from the road.
