Nigel Ross – Ridding Wood Trail – 1995
Photograph Taken by Robzet approximately 1996 (John Mackie seat with Piscatorial Flora in the background)
Material: Wood
Trail: Ridding Wood Trail
Theme: Seating
Form: Abstract
Maps Featured on: 1995 – 2006, ?
Status: Removed, no remains
John Mackie Seat
“This seat commemorates John Mackie, erstwhile Chairman of the Forestry Commission and a true friend of Grizedale. A huge slab of oak is contained within an elegant curve of a root/branch-like form. It grows out of the ground in a curve that forms an arm which protectively sweeps over ones head.” Meg Falconer, craftswomen at Grizedale, 1996.
Positioned right at the start of the trail, with a view over the fields to the trees beyond. The arch over the seat eventually rotted away and was removed, leaving the seat just as a base for a few years, but has since gone itself sometime after 2006.
Artist’s other work in Grizedale –
Oak Wave Seat – 1995
Larch Wave Seat – 1995
Lone Seat-1995
Dunkeld Seat – 1995
Nigel Ross Bench – 2012
Artist’s Website: www.nigelross-sculpture.com
Page last updated April 2020
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