It has been a while since we posted on this blog … we’ve been a bit busy, and here’s an update to share what has evolved from The Long View. The fourth of the seven trees, the Under Helm Sycamore, has become the central point for a new project. After a long while planning, we’re… Read More
This tree draws your eyes up and up, and in its vast surround and towering crown is a play of shapes and the brightest of greens: it’s like being inside a kaleidoscope, breathing in the scent of loam and wood and fresh leaf, bathed in birdsong … meeting a venerable lime tree in the South Downs National Park, and getting to the heart of things. Read More
So delighted to celebrate Spring with the installation of one of the UK’s #TreeCharter legacy Tree Poles in Grizedale Forest. Carved with a poem, the pole is set beneath some of the forest’s tallest trees. Read More
After more than two years of walking to and from seven particular trees in Cumbria, it seems that whenever we venture out, our sense of place is always felt in relation to these trees. Invisible lines of connection across the land are ingrained into our mental maps – but it is more than intellectual: our… Read More
before the sun shows itself / the stillness seems stiller / it is the space between breaths / the lost space between dreaming and waking … dawn at the Little Asby Hawthorn Read More
treefold:centre in the heart of the Lake District in Cumbria is complete – an artwork by somewhere-nowhere that will embrace a new tree, and will stand for many decades. It is the third of three treefolds in Cumbria. Read More
It has been just over two months since The Long View exhibition opened in Grizedale Forest. We’ve been more than heartened with the wonderfully positive response and the numbers of people who have made their way to the gallery, and we’re delighted to announce that the show will carry on for longer than originally planned… Read More
The treefold on Little Asby Common is the second of three treefolds being built in Cumbria as part of The Long View and the Charter Art Residency programme. Read More
Getting ready to build the first of three treefolds in Cumbria – all is ready on site in Grizedale Forest and the stones have been carved … Read More
The Long View exhibition is at Grizedale Forest June 21st – August 31st 2017. Trees, The Lake District, Walking, Photography, Poetry … a celebration of all of these and an invitation to pause and reflect.
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