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ELLESMERE INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM..Tom Gilhespy (UK)with his sculpture " The Prisoner " installed at the Castlefields site, Ellesmere...Image use must be credited "Stonehouse Photographic ".Image usage fees apply..Stonehousephoto@mac.com.www.Stonehousephotographic.com.07714159589..Six sculptors, including four internationally renowned artists put the finishing touches to a groundbreaking exhibition of sculpture in the landscape in Ellesmere, Shropshire. .The Ellesmere International Sculpture Exhibition 2009 is the first in a series of annual symposiums that aim to place mark Ellesmere as an international hub for sculpture in the landscape. Sculptures will be created for specific heritage sites around Ellesmere, developing the first town based sculpture park on mixed ownership land in the UK.. .The Ellesmere International Sculpture Symposium [2nd-14th August] has two British artists and four international sculptors working alongside each other to produce the first in a series of artworks to be installed in Ellesmere's highly distinctive landscape over the next three years.. .Argentinian sculptors, brother and sister Emilliano and Maria Soledad Sacco, Hungarian Pal Lakatos and Portugese sculptor, Luis Alfonso, join Britons, Trevor Clarke and Tom Gilhespy at the groundbreaking symposium...Works titles at Castlefields site from the highest point:-..!. "A Prisoner" by Tom Gilhespy. (Ganite) UK..2. " Puerto del Agua 3" - 3 to be Roman numeral ("Birth of Water 3") by Emiliano Sacco (Sandstone) Argentina..3. "Rotation 2" by Trevor Clarke. (Granite) UK..4. " El Mundo de Nicola" ("Nicola's World") by Maria Soledad Sacco. (Sandstone) Argentina..5. "Dialogue" by Pal Lakatos. (Slate) Hungary..6. "Glacial Menir" by Luis Alfonso. (Granite) Portugal. .Common in the European art scene, but a rare event in the UK, the symposium provides a focal point for the artists to create their respective works. The six created the sculptures at the TG Group quarry in Ellesmere from g