Pat Leighton – Carron Crag – 1986
Alternate Title: Woven Sculpture
Material: Textiles, Wood
Trail: Carron Crag Trail
Theme: Landscape
Form: Abstract
Size: 19 ft. x 5 ft. x 3 ft.
Maps Featured on: 1987 – 1989
Status: Removed, no remains
Quote from the Artist: “An ephemeral a site-specific sculpture installation in a remote area of the forest:three mixed media constructions installed in an avenue of fir trees materials: oak, sisal, birch and beech, each of the three structures approx.”
Photo by Bill Grant
“Situated in a long narrow avenue of spruce trees they stand quiet, solemn and austere, in their role as senators of the forest, remaining ever watchful”
Photograph Taken June 2019
This is a maquette the label naming it ‘weaving piece’ (1). It is located in the Grizedale Arts office in Coniston. The number 1 suggests there were more created. It is possible this was a separate idea for an artwork, either that or the idea morphed into Vigil.
Photograph from Pat Leighton’s website
Sited below Carron Crag summit, three structures made out of woven material stretched between two poles. They look very tall. They went between 1988 and 1991.
Artist’s other work in Grizedale
– Silurian Cant – 1986
Artist’s Website: patricialeighton.com/
Page last updated Jan 2021
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