Charles Bray – Bogle Crag Car Park – 1995
Material: Stone, Glass
Trail: Bogle Crag Trail
Theme: Light
Form: Abstract
Maps Featured on: 1995 – 2020
Status: Still in Situ, October 2022
Quote from the Artist: “The work is based on spectacular rock formations with vertical strata in the Gorges of d’Allier in the Auvergne. Water had been running down in some places and when caught by the sunlight gave an illusion of the rock being split by strips of glass. In Light Column, various strips of glass have been fitted in various lengths so that the horizontal joints reflect the light to the vertical surfaces to give points of greater brilliance.”
Positioned by the picnic benches in Bogle Crag car park. Two tall stone slabs have a seam of glass running between them, allowing light to stream through. Like its two brother columns up in the forest it hasn’t changed at all since its creation. When the sunlight shines through, as above, it looks beautiful.
Photographs taken December 2014
Artist’s other work in Grizedale –
Light columns 2 & 3 – 1995
Page last updated Oct 2022
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