Grizedale Deer

Claire Langdown – Visitor Centre – 1978

Photograph from 1981 sculpture map taken by Sue Wells

Material: Wood

Trail: Millwood Trail

Theme: Nature

Form: Figurative – Deer

Maps Featured on: 1981 – 1995

Status: Removed, no remains

Quote from the Artist: “The deer I carved was for he men who work in the forest. Bill Grant wanted to put it in the bar, but I wanted it to be where the men set off for work and return afterwards.”

“Grizedale Deer can be seen in the courtyard next to the Theatre in the Forest” – Early 1984 Map

A wood carving of a deer, sited on the wall at the Visitor Centre. Featured up until the 1995 map when it was removed.

I never knew what happened to the carving, until May 2021 when the below post appeared on instagram:

Photos from Grizedale Arts Instagram

Looks like the carved deer now graces Grizedale Arts new pub. I wonder what else is could be dug out from their store…

Page last updated April 2020