David Harding (artist)

Born in Leith, from 1955 to 1959 Harding attended Edinburgh College of Art, where he studied the sculptural use of glass, concrete and ceramics.

[2] From 1961 to 1963 he taught in various schools in Scotland before moving to Nigeria (1963 - 1967) to work in the art department in a bush teacher training college.

[3] Having spent a year as a self-employed artist, Harding answered an advert in The Scotsman for a post with Glenrothes Development Corporation.

[4] [5] His works in Glenrothe include Henge, a spiral of cast concrete slabs; Industry, a mural on an underpass based on patterns on African huts; Heritage, rows of concrete embossed columns; Dark Cemetery in Pitteuchar; and ten poetry slabs at bus stops, phone boxes, and the Glenwood shopping centre.

[6] Harding was awarded the OBE in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to higher education[9] and in 2018 made an honorary D.Litt by the University of Glasgow.