Zoe de L’Isle Whittier – Low Bowkerstead – 1993
Material: Stone
Trail: Silurian Way
Theme: Nature
Form: Figurative – Owl
Maps Featured on: 1994 – 2020
Status: Still in situ, April 2023
Quote from the Artist: “As we move through the woods unseen, birds and animals watch us. Early one morning, the ground covered in frost, Ash leaves fell all around me as I carved my stone. I picked one up and drew it on the stones side. The sculpture beckons one silently to the place where I feel a sense of calm.”
“The most important aspect in working at Grizedale is that the sculpture is required to be site specific. I actually carved my stone in-situ, as well, which created an even stronger rapport with my chosen place. One has to adapt to working in Grizedale and it was a wonderful experience.”
Just up the path at Low Bowkerstead, look up into the field and you can see this owl carved out of stone and sitting on a plinth. It hasn’t changed over its time in the forest except that it now features a lot more moss than before. Aside from the ash leaf on the front, the back has an oak leaf and the side features a compass.
On one side there is a carved compass. The back has three oak leaves.
Photographs taken 2018
Page last updated April 2023
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