OUR SCULPTURES
SCULPTING WONDERS
& GIVING BACK
For over 20 years, with the help of our great friend and talented Mike Harper, Director of Harbook Engineering, we have been building amazing sculptures in our field alongside the A51 Chester Road.
What does this have to do with ice cream? Well, not a lot, we just enjoy making them and love how much pleasure they bring to others! Having said that, with each new sculpture, we have great fun making look-alike ice cream cones. These, in turn, help to raise money for an annually chosen charity.
Paddington Sculpture at Snugburys
Paddington Bear proudly stands 50ft high on the Cheshire plains. The structure has been brilliantly designed and fabricated in metal by Mike Harper from Harbrook Engineering. The Snugburys team stuffed Paddington with straw and clad him with hand-painted shingles.
His famous hat and suitcase were expertly woven by Sarah Gallagher from Twigtwisters, using two varieties of sustainable willow from Somerset: Flanders red and black maul.
Planning and designing this straw sculpture began in January 2024. There was a lot to consider when creating a 50ft Paddington Bear, from choosing materials (we decided on straw, willow and larch shingles, though we even considered leather and recycled coats) to taking into account weight and angles to ensure the structure is sound. The hat proved the most challenging part due to its large surface area!
In Paddington Bear’s honour, we have created a marmalade ice cream: an orange zest ice cream with a Seville marmalade curd ripple. It is refreshing and very zesty. We think Paddington would approve.
POTTER IN…
2016 marked 150 years since the birth of one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors, Beatrix Potter.
Our whole family, including our Gran, grew up listening to the stories of Peter and his friends, so we felt it was only fitting to dedicate our 2016 straw sculpture to Beatrix Potter.
DALICK – WHO’S FOR ICE CREAM
WHO saw our straw DaLICK?
As many people know, 2013 was the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who!
We were inundated with suggestions to create something to celebrate this iconic event.
In recognition of the decline of bees, we chose to create our bee straw sculpture to raise awareness of the importance of bees and the wildlife conservation. We have chosen to support the Bumblebee Conservation Trust by donating 50p from every limited edition white chocolate honeycomb piece sold.
Standing 40ft tall and weighing over 5 tonnes, our bee is made of straw and hand-split wood, which is coated in a natural black dye to give it its iconic stripes.
Our Meerkat was 36ft tall, which is 30 times bigger than his African cousins! He truly did have his own personality as he proudly surveyed the Cheshire plains over the summer of 2010.
Snugburys’ meerkat supported the Railway Children and, over 2010/11, raised £2,880.
