Diver and Guard Dogs

Public Art : Diver and Guard Dogs

Sculptor/Artist : © Russell Sheridan

Description : This tall carved wooden structure stands at the end of a small street in East Perth. From the plaque it seems the artist based his sculpture on Nelson's Column. The crudely carved wooden guard dogs can be found scattered throughout the street. The only thing the diver atop the column seems to be wearing are something that looks suspiciously like metal dish washing gloves. At the base of the sculpture is spongy rubber surface to break the fall of anyone trying to attempt to climb it!

Date Unveiled : Not Known

Location : Very small street in Claisebrook Cove, East Perth, Western Australia.

Inscription :

Claisebrook Cove
Diver and the Guard Dogs
Artist : Russell Sheridan

In the elevated residential subdivision of Belvidere
a figure stands on his hands atop a timber column.
The idea for this humourous spoof on Nelson's
Column surrounded by timber guardian dogs
originated from man's fragility and need for
balance.

Diver and Guard Dogs, East Perth,Western Australia