Northfield Arts and Crafts: Ken Elliott

Stirling Wolf

Metal strip sculpture

approx 2.5m long x 1.5m wide x 2m tall

April 2026

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Sculpted in aluminium strips, fastened with stainless steel.

Wolf sculpture verse

The wolf in the rock

protecting its kin,

for harm to stop

from ambush will spring


Steadfast as the rock

the wolf Osbrella waits,

for Stirling’s foes to stop

then leaps to seal their fate


Ken Elliott 2026

Images showing the sculpture in an outdoor setting
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On the grass
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Against the sky
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The sculpture depicts the Stirling Wolf, commemorating the 9th-century legend when wolves are believed to have saved the town from a Viking attack by howling and alerting the inhabitants. The wolf became one of Stirling's symbols and remains so today.

The landscape symbols within the sculpture base link the old town with the wider landscape and landmarks around Stirling.

The silver discs represent the Bawbees struck in the Stirling Royal mint.

To learn some more about the background to the design of the sculpture, click on the image below

you can also try to solve the riddles of the Wolf in a historical puzzle

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More info
To see how the Stirling Wolf was made

view the YouTube video below