Dundee woman instrumental in creating the statue of the weaver and the child in Lochee has been honoured.
Stella Carrington was the driving force behind the monument, and helped secure the six-figure sum from Asda to pay for its commission and installation.
She said: “I prefer to call it a tribute — a memorial has all sorts of negative connotations of death and loss.”
Stella was presented with a small replica weaving shuttle to honour her work on the tribute by Ron Scrimgeour, collector of the Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee.
Stella said: “We supported Asda getting a store when Tesco were being so obstructive, and there was a tacit agreement that when they got their store and brought 350 jobs to the area, we would get something in return.
“Initially they wanted to put it outside the store, but I was insistent that it should go on Lochee High Street, the heart of jute, where the street used to turn black when everyone came out of the factories.
“There has always been pride in Lochee about the jute trade, and a sense of being from Lochee, not Dundee.
“I’m hopeful that generations will come to remember the work of the weavers with pride.”
“We’re so proud this statue was here and I feel so honoured to accept this unexpected award.”
A small shuttle pin is worn by the weavers who are part of the Nine Trades of Dundee.
Weaver And Child features a mother and daughter working at a weaving machine, and text from Oh Dear Me, the jute mill song by Mary Brooksbank and a contemporary work by Sheena Wellington.
