An artist has turned one man’s trash into an artistic treasure by creating a life-size red deer stag from scrap metal.
Glenfiddich’s iconic deer logo has been transformed into a 6ft sculpture – made from old tools, engine parts and other metal objects donated by local businesses and individuals around Dufftown.
Self-educated scrap metal sculptor Juha Saraste created the piece.
It will be on public display as part of a new exhibition at Glenfiddich Distillery and will eventually become a permanent fixture in the grounds.
Mr Saraste from Finland is one of six artists participating in the 2023 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence programme.
A landscape gardener by profession, he only recent began sculpturing animals from scrap metal as a way of whiling away the long, dark Finnish winters.
Speaking about his creation, he said the landscape surrounding the distillery had inspired his design.
He said: “The Glenfiddich residency has allowed me the opportunity to work on a scale that has simply not been possible before. It was natural that in this location I should choose to create the iconic stag of Glenfiddich and I hope visitors enjoy the installation”
Art exhibition opens at Glenfiddich Distillery
Glenfiddich’s new exhibition opens tomorrow, and shows off the work of the summer residents.
It includes two large landscape oil paintings by Canadian Derek Liddington and a series of ceramic works by Lorna Phillips from Dumfries and Galloway.
A collection of pen and ink drawings by South Korea’s Joolee Kang will also be on display.
A second exhibition is scheduled to open on August 26 until the end of September.