STUDENTS at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor have designed a new rainbow sculpture for a park in Dolgellau.

Dolgellau Rainbows Club approached the college’s CaMDA site with a brief to create a colourful rainbow-inspired sculpture for the local playground.

The brief was for the sculpture to be made of metal, with a crock of gold holding the rainbow in place, reflecting the logo used by the Rainbows Club.

The brief was taken on by level 3 welding students at the college’s CaMDA site which provides further education training in construction, engineering and welding.

Thomas Allday from Barmouth, Dafydd Hughes from Pwllheli and Sam Buffery from Tywyn all worked on the project, producing the finished rainbow in two days.

The crock of gold, which will eventually sit at the bottom of the rainbow sculpture, is currently being fashioned out of fibreglass by marine engineering students at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor’s Pwllheli site.

It will be made in the style of the local Arthog Bucket – a rare bronze-age bucket found nearby at Arthog – as a nod to local history.

The welding students will then finish off the crock by adding ‘golden’ coins around the top of the replica Arthog Bucket before adding their ‘rainbow’ on top of the whole structure. The rainbow is designed to twist in the wind, a bit like a weather vane.

Course tutor James Symonds said: “It is a real privilege for us to have been asked to produce this sculpture as it gives our students a chance to use their welding skills to contribute to the local community.

“The level 3 welders who made the sculpture were really pleased to have been asked and they are looking forward to seeing their finished sculpture further brightening up the park for local children.”