Michael Winstone – Ridding Wood Trail – 1991
Material: Wood
Trail: Ridding Wood Trail
Theme: Nature
Form: Figurative – Plant, Fish
Maps Featured on: 1993 – 1997
Status: Removed, no remains
Quote from the artist “A forest is an organic, four dimensional animation. Trees simultaneously germinate, mature and regenerate in a genetic dance between the motion of man and the flow of nature. The sculptures explored the relationship between human and forest forms as a metaphor for mankind within the natural and increasingly within the unnatural environment.”
Photograph Taken by Robzet approximately 1996 (Piscatorial Flora with John Mackie seat in the foreground
Positioned right at the start of the Ridding Wood Trail. A large carved wooden sculpture, a combination of plant with three flowers and fish skeleton. It represents how plants and aquatic lifeforms over millions of years combined to create Grizedale as it stands today. This idea was first explored in Mike’s earlier work To Fuel A Dream, ideas from that sculpture were instead included in this one. Last listed on 1997 map after which it was removed completely.
Artist’s other work in Grizedale –
Midnight Feast – 1984
Waiting For Lunch – 1984
To Fuel A Dream – 1989
Artist’s Website: www.michaelwinstone.com
Page last updated April 2020
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