Pyxis

Del Geist – Carron Crag – 1986

Material: Stone

Trail: Carron Crag Trail

Theme: Landscape

Form: Abstract

Size: 41 x 56 x 56 inches

Maps Featured on: 1987 – 2020

Status: Still in situ, Oct 23

Quote from the Artist: “The work is constructed with local Silurian slate and situated within an abandoned stale quarry… The quarry’s rubble heaps and voids hold evidence of great exertion by mankind as well as by nature. ‘Pyxis’ represents the centring of these forces, both physically and symbolically… the stone block acts as a receptacle for these energies. It is a Requiem for the quarry as well as for the ages.”

This cube constructed out of stones inserted at different angles. Just below the summit of Carron Crag originally sited in a small recess created from quarrying. The hillside at this time was barren, there were no plants or trees. Pyxis sat in this bowl camouflaged against the rocks all around it as seen here.

Photographs taken September 2017

Now nature has reclaimed the area and Pyxis is no longer hidden amongst a quarry but stark against a forest. It is itself slowly becoming covered with moss and small plants.

The waymaker, a mosquito, moved here after previously marking Wild Boar Clearing. Pyxis can be seen from the path so a marker is rather redundant here.

The marker has now been removed, sometime prior to October 2023.

Sculpture in other Artworks

Grizedale 1 – 1989 – Panayiotis Kalorkoti

The maquette of Pyxis can be seen sitting on Bill Grant’s desk in this picture. Further examples of other sculptures used in Kalorkoti’s work can be seen in the Gallery in the Forest Page.

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Artist’s Website: delgeist.com/

Page last updated Oct 2023