\n Standing three metres tall, the corten steel column, named Footprints, celebrates the town’s pilgrim past while marking the entrance to The Railways development by Dundas Estates.\n<\/p>\n
\n Created by artistic duo Jamieson Gordon, the sculpture is a nod to the medieval pilgrim route leading to Dunfermline Abbey.\n<\/p>\n
\n It features impressions of human and animal footprints, symbolising the countless pilgrimages made over generations.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Gordon of Jamieson Gordon said: “We were inspired by the idea of movement through time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Footprints felt like the right concept to bring that to life \u2013 a symbol of passage, memory, and collective identity.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The bare footprints in the sculpture reference an old tradition tied to St Margaret, who is said to have washed the feet of pilgrims arriving at the Abbey.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There\u2019s a quiet reverence in that story, which we hoped to echo in our work.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The sculpture also includes footwear impressions from various historical periods and dog pawprints, a nod to the site’s past as a greyhound racing track.\n<\/p>\n
\n James added: “Each footprint tells a little story.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Whether it\u2019s the outline of a bare foot, a hobnailed boot or a dog\u2019s paw, it all adds layers to the sculpture\u2019s meaning and to the story of the site itself.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The unveiling was attended by Councillor Gordon Pryde, who said: “This is an excellent and innovative piece of artwork that Dundas has in front of the estate. It represents the history underlying at the site.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Calum Miller, head of sales at Dundas Estates, said: “Having this outstanding piece of public art by Jamieson Gordon not only reflects that significance, but also adds a fresh layer of identity and place-making to the community.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Railways development offers a mix of affordable and social housing, set among the historical landscape of Dunfermline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing three metres tall, the corten steel column, named Footprints, celebrates the town’s pilgrim past while marking the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-228566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}