Di Mainstone – Ridding Wood Trail – 2018
Material: Metal, Mirrors
Trail: Ridding Wood Trail
Theme: Modern Life
Form: Representational – Kaleidoscope
Maps Featured on: 2019
Status: Removed prior to May 2020
Positioned at the start of the Ridding Wood Trail, a large blue trumpet shaped kaleidoscope, which when interacted with reflects the view its pointed at with it many mirrors. There is a handle which allows you to spin the mirrored head around to get different patterns. It can be spun around but not tilted in any way.
Originally on of six artworks created to celebrate the Lake District becoming a UNESCO world heritage site as part of Lakes Ignite 2018. Originally sited at Blackwell Arts and Crafts house overlooking Lake Windermere, it was then moved to Grizedale in Autumn 2018.
Photographs Taken December 2018
As of summer 2020 it has been removed completely.
Artist’s Website: dimainstone.com
Page last updated June 2021