Two new sculptures on the Cambridge to Velodrome section of the Te Awa River Ride greeted participants with a splash of smoke and colour during the recent Light Night Ride.
Wag the dog – with frisbee in his mouth – stands guard overlooking the Waikato River while further up, eel Kuwharuwharu sits at the bottom of the Velodrome path.
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Nim, a three-year-old Huntaway – owned by the Davies-Colley family – stops to admire Wag the dog. Photo: Supplied.
The James Wright corten steel creations were installed in May and funded by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust as part of a new river ride art trail.
More art will come, trail manager Sarah Ulmer told The News.
Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley said she loved the art.
“The art is amazing. It adds so much fun and interest to an already stunning track.”
Wright is an Auckland-based sculptor known for his hundreds of large scale corten steel sculptures around the country.
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Emily Cameron, Louie Ulmer and Lily Cameron behind the smokey eel, one of two James Wright sculptures on Te Awa. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
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Wag the Dog, one of two James Wright sculptures on Te Awa. Photo: Mary Anne Gill