Wall Relief

Ken Turnell – Grizedale Campsite (Now Ridding Wood Trail) – 1984

 

Material: Ceramic

Trail: Visitor Centre Area

Maps Featured on: 1984

Status: Removed, no remains

Turnell “Produced a monumental bas relief in fired clay, to be sited at Grizedale” Visitor Centre. The 1984 map lists it as being on the side of a building which I believe is now The Yan. At the time this was the Grizedale Campsite and is now the main car park.

Ken worked with children at John Ruskin School in Coniston to create the work. “Pupils produced a range of sculptured heads in clay.” – Inform Magazine winter 1984. “I came back in 1984 to help extend the sculpture scheme to local schools. As well as involving the pupils, who worked in clay, I produced the large ceramic wall relief sited in the campsite forecourt.” – 1984 Map

I am yet to find a photograph of the artwork. I am unsure how long it lasted it is not listed on any subsequent maps I own.

Artist’s other work in Grizedale –

Forest Flight– 1978

Beech Watch – 1978

Sawrey Bank Watch – 1978

The Rider (Forest Traveller) – 1978

The Eye – 1984

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