Zebra Rock

‘Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, a well-travelled and colourful character was an eccentric man and it is believed that he had a fascination for the Zebra’ http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1031

          ‘Zebra Rock’ will have a tall, strong single rippling wave as its form.

Its distinctive black and white striped colouring will stand like a marker, visible from the bottom of the hill. It’s positioning will be in line with and echo the monolithic granite gateposts at the bottom of the hill. The sculpture is constructed using a combination of polished ‘Kilkenny Limestone’, which is black in colour and polished white ‘Portland limestone’. The top and bottom sections of the sculpture suggest an architectural feature. This may be interpreted as castle turrets or they may be seen as structural links used for the construction of the work. The treatment of the front surface of the stone will be carved to reference water. The stone will have a highly polished ripple effect, mimicking the movement and reflective qualities of water and the River Medway. On the plinth base stone there will be a series of carved names of animals that made up the collection at Maidstone Zoo.