Quarry Structure

Richard Harris – Visitor Centre – 1977

From ‘Presences of Nature’ 1982

Material: Wood, Stone

Trail: Grizedale Tarn Trail

Theme: Landscape

Form: Abstract

Size: 35 Feet Long

Maps Featured on: 1981 – 2020

Status: Still in situ

Quote from the artist: “The construction process used in Quarry Structure was originally conceived as a bridging device to follow the line of a stream, so that people would be able to walk along the top of the stones, over the water. Unexpectedly with only ten days of my residency left I found the quarry site which immediately made sense of the idea.The quarry had been fenced off, overgrown and forgotten. The structure, nosing out into the path, acts as a device to open up the space, both physically and visually.”

“The sculpture noses out into the path, catching you by surprise as you walk around the corner, leading you into the hollow, opening up the space, visually and physically. It is safe to walk on the stones if care is taken.”

Just outside the visitor centre, up the steep path towards Grizedale Tarn. Sitting in a small long abandoned quarry, this structure pokes out. Using a similar construction to Cliff Structure, crossed wooden beams support slate slabs. It has been repaired over its 40 years, in 2014 it was mentioned it was last repaired in 2009.

Photographs Taken 2017

---

Artist’s other work in Grizedale –

Tripod & Temporary Structures – 1977

Cliff Structure – 1977

Dry Stone passage – 1982

Hollow Spruce – 1988

Windblown – 1990

Being Here Exhibition – 2022

---

Artist’s Website: richardharrissculpture.co.uk

Page last updated August 2022