Spiral Growth

Antony Holloway – Ridding Wood Trial – 1993

Photo by Bill Grant

Material: Wood

Trail: Ridding Wood Trail

Theme: Nature

Form: Abstract

Maps Featured on: 1993 – 2005

Status: Removed, no remains

Quote from the artist – “In the middle of a footpath two interlocking walls of solid oak spiral upwards to a height of nine feet. The spirals are symbols of growth. The sculpture turns and grows as the trees twist and rise above. A turnstile is formed making people look back as they leave the rhododendron walk and enter an oak woodland.”

Positioned near the start of the Ridding Wood Trail, in the middle of the path. Two curving walls of wooden bricks that spiralled round and upwards. You could walk through the centre of the artwork, like a mini maze before carrying on on the trail.

Here are two maquettes for Spiral Growth.  The first in ceramic is one simple curve, same as in the proposal above. The second in wood is the final design for the sculpture. Both are now kept in the Grizedale Arts office in Coniston.

Photographs Taken June 2019

“The surface and width of the path through the sculpture are calculated to allow passage for wheelchairs and children’s buggies. As with living wood public accessibility is increased by physical involvement and interaction.”

Photographs above of the making of the artwork, courtesy of Antony Holloway.

Photograph taken by Robzet approximately 1996

It was last listed on the 2003 map and so went between then and 2006, at which point it was removed completely.

Artist’s other work in Grizedale –

Living Wood – 1991

The Turning Point, Slate Seat, Circle of Logs – 1990s

Water Wheel – 1993

Addison Seat – 1994

Brantwood Seat – 1995

Wheel of Seasons – 1996

Page last updated Dec 2021