We grew up in deep respect and admiration of the Robert Burns (locally called Bobbie Burns) Statue in Barre, VT. My grandfather and his father were Clan Gordon. both came from Aberdeen and spent their careers cutting granite in Barre many years before I apprenticed in Barre as a sculptor. Lots of Scotts around there, even though most were quarrymen or finishers, not carvers or sculptors. Robert Morrison, the King of Carvers, did carve in Barre for a while before returning to Aberdeen to carve in in his homeland Scotland
The Burns statue (carved by Covelli) and panels on base (carved by Corti) are the finest stone work in the city. Period. It's installed in Barre, VT in front of the old Spaulding High School (now the VT Historical Society) where my mother graduated. It is the benchmark to which every one who sculpts granite in our tradition aspires.
No Haggis here lately but was trying to explain Finnan Haddie to a friend who stopped by the studio on Tues. Having to mail order it isn't the same as getting it at a local grocery store like up there in Barre.