A MEMBER of Skills 4 You at Cleator Moor has created a unique artwork piece that will be displayed. 

Antony Earl has created the at work inspired by Celtic mythology after he was given a brief as part of a course that Skills 4 You are running. 

Other members of the team who took part in the course created a piece of artwork together. 

June Pearson, a volunteer at Skills 4 You, said: "A yurt has been assembled at the Good Lives land at West Lakes Science Park which inspired this project. 

"As I was giving the brief I decided to give Antony a different brief as I knew he was very talented, and I understood his interests. 

"The brief explained that in many Celtic-based traditions, there is an enduring legend between the Oak King and Holly King.

"These two rulers fight for supremacy as the wheel of the yurt turns each season. 

"At the winter solstice, the Oak King conquers the Holly King and then reigns until midsummer. 

"Once the summer solstice arrives the Holly King returns to do battle with the Oak King and defeats him. 

"In some legends, the dates and battles shift a bit, but the same basic premise remains. 

"The battles take place at the equinoxes so that the Oak King is dominant in Midsummer and the Holly King is dominant during Yule, it's a Celtic tradition that the battle goes on and is perpetual."

Skills 4 You help people who are not in employment to gain new skills and enter back into the world of work with new qualifications. 

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The team at Skills 4 Your received assistance from Balfour Beatty and N G Bailey to put up the yurt. 

Ms Pearson continued: "I thought that this interpretation of the story was fitting for the project and the land where the yurt stands. 

"I knew that it would stimulate Antony creatively, he did a lot of research and detailed initial drawings. He then scaled this up to make the piece out of fabric and ink tents. He's a perfectionist and he'll accept nothing less."