Sculptures revealed at Broughton Hall

Acclaimed Melbourne skateboarding artist Brett Ashby presented 'Gods', an exhibition, at Broughton Hall, Jindivick on Sunday.
The collection of sculptures took Ashby three and a half years to create with steel fabricator Wayne McQuilten.
A combination of reo bar, steel sheeds, bluestone, basalt and oil paints, Sunday was the first time the special sculptures were unveiled.
The slab of bluestone used in the project was taken from the tunnel project of Swanston Street, Melbourne and acquired by Ashby after he was selected by the Metro Tunnel, Cross Yarra Partnership.
The bluestone has been complemented in the sculptures with volcanic basalt from Pentridge prison.
"Both stones lived with me until that day, like a heavy anchor," Ashby said.
"I used a water diamond blade saw and cut them by hand into 14 stones. My intention was clear, I must raise the stones from the ground and set them free during Winter Solstice."
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At the event on Sunday, a traditional smoke ceremony was held to set the fourteen sculptures free, as was a morning fire meditation, facilitated by 'Somisan' energy healer Philip Hunter.
The 14 sculptures were created by Ashby using a welder, reo bar and flat cold steel sheets.
"Oil paint has been used to create universal planet-like chakra-coloured circle bases, so that the 'Gods' have a place to land," Ashby explained.
The sacred 10m rock circle sculpture provides a place of peace, reflection and activation when witnessed inside 'The completion' hedged circle in the spectacular terraced gardens at Broughton Hall."