Toby Paterson, Dug Macleod and Simon Whatley worked as a creative team to create this work, Spider Bridge. The work takes inspiration from the Victorian footbridge known as “Spider(s) Bridge” that once connected Kirkintilloch to Lenzie, and was constructed to facilitate the commute to and from Woodilee Hospital. It spanned the valley below the Auld Aisle Cemetery and the Bothlin Burn from 1887 until its demolition in 1987. It was well used by the community for generations and subsequently became part of local, folk memory. On one of the many initial site visits the artists discovered a steel component from the footbridge abandoned in the Bothlin Burn and decided that their task was to then find a way to present this artefact/remnant in such a way as to celebrate an extraordinary civic example of Victorian engineering, and its importance to the lives of local people. The resulting work is a dynamic, linear composition of three elegantly skewing tripods made from tubular, stainless steel, that carries the Victorian remnant aloft – true to the spirit of the Spider Bridge which strode majestically across the landscape for one hundred years. This precision material reflects its surroundings as the appearance will change constantly depending upon prevailing light conditions, the seasons and relationship with and perspective of the viewer, and is designed as a direct contrast to the material qualities of the Victorian remnant itself. Other works by the team can be found at Cadder and Lenzie Moss.