When artist Jim Buckley was commissioned to create a piece of public art for the new Royal Children’s Hospital in Aberdeen, he was faced with the challenge of crafting something that would appeal not only to the young patients, but to visiting families. Buckley settled on an object known to fascinate everyone, from children through to the most serious of adults, with its mesmerising undulating spirals – the Slinky.
Using the toy as a starting point, the resulting design is an 18-metre stainless steel spiral sculpture incorporating fibre optic light, which will be placed in one of the courtyards at the new hospital.
