Triceratops by Bill Billings 1979, Concrete. Peartree Bridge

This weeks sculpture is called the "Triceratops". It was made by Bill Billings. When we saw the sculpture we thought it was amazing the way that the artist thought of something that would be so beautiful.

We ran through the high grass to get to the sculpture. Heidi Gracie and I wanted to climb on top of the dinosaur. First Gracie got up and we thought she looked like the dinosaur queen. Then I tried climbing the dinosaur but I could not get up. Then Heidi tried, but she nearly fell of the other side of the dinosaur. The second time I tried I managed to climb onto the top of the dinosaur and I was facing Gracie. Daddy heaved Heidi up onto the back and she finally got on. The scary part of it was leaning back to slide down. In the end we got a quite a few pictures taken.

I first saw the sculpture for real when Heidi pointed it out, as we were driving and looking for it. I saw the original sculpture on a postcard that Daddy bought. The original sculpture was green with an orange eye but I find todays sculpture better because of the gold and silver paint on it. The sculpture was repainted after a competition and the chosen colours were used.