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Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail Archive
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Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail Archive

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  • c.1976 - 2019

The collection charts the history of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, located at Beechenhurst Lodge in the heart of the Forest of Dean. This includes both the administrative and artistic processes involved. Formats encompass documents, books and publications, leaflets, drawings, videos, a maquette and other ephemera.

In 1983, following the establishment of a sculpture trail in Exeter Forest, Martin Orrom (Forestry and Environment Officer, Forestry Commission) wrote a brief for the establishment of a sculpture trail in the Forest of Dean. The Elephant Trust provided £2,500 towards the project and in Spring 1984 around 20 artists were invited to visit the site and submit proposals for sculptures. Martin worked alongside Jeremy Rees (Founding Director of The Arnolfini, Bristol) and Rupert Martin (Curator at The Arnolfini). Six artists were chosen and these founding commissions were collectively titled "Stand and Stare":

Peter Appleton - Sound Sculptures
Kevin Atherton - Cathedral
Andrew Darke - Sliced Log Star (Inside Out Tree)
Magdalena Jetelova - Place
David Nash - Black Dome/ Fire and Water Boats
Keir Smith - The Iron Road

The trail was opened on 19 June 1986 by Sir David Montgomery, Chair of the Forestry Commission. By 1988, a second batch of sculptures had been installed including:

Bruce Allan - Observatory
Zadok Ben David - As There Is No Hunting Tomorrow
Miles Davies - House
Ian Hamilton Finlay - Grove of Silence
Tim Lees - The Heart of the Stone
Cornelia Parker - Hanging Fire
Peter Randall-Page - Cone and Vessel
Sophie Ryder - Crossing Place/ Deer/Searcher

Since 1986, 28 sculptures both temporary and permanent have been sited on the Sculpture Trail.

The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust was established in 1988 as a registered charity overseeing the maintenance of the trail and commissioning new works. The trail is owned and managed by The Forestry Commission.

Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust

VHS and DVDs

Includes Ron Boyd "Sculpture in the Forest" 1988; "Straight from the Wood" broadcast on Central 24 July 1989; "Year of the Artist: From the Forest" broadcast on HTV West 18 November 2001; "Charge of the light brigade"

"up in the air" project flyer

Showing at Kirkby Gallery, Kirkby, Merseyside

Project in Liverpool where Neville Gabie and other artists spent time living in a high-rise tower block before demolition. Part of The Year of the Artist initiative in collaboration with Liverpool Housing Action Trust, Knowsley Council, Knowsley Arts Service, uita and CDS Housing

General

File containing information on Forestry Commission; Public Art on the Black Country Route; Andy Goldsworthy; Chiltern Sculpture Trail; River Eden; North Pennines walks and activities; Goodwood; Grizedale; The Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail; Irwell Sculpture Trail; The Jerwood Sculpture Park at Witley Court; Kielder Forest; Tyrebagger Sculpture Project; Kincardine; Denlethen Wood; The Henry Moore Foundation; Drechtbanks Sculpture Park; Toolangi State Forest Sculpture Exhibition

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