New sculpture installed featuring 300 million year old fossils It has been an exciting week on the Sculpture Trail as Henry Castle nears the completion of his new sculpture Coal Measure Giants. Coal Measure Giants brings to the surface aspects of what lies hidden beneath the Forest’s surface. Exploring the geological, industrial and sociological aspects of [...]
Pomona Zipser appointed to deliver new permanent Trail artwork Pomona Zipser has been selected to create a permanent artwork for the Sculpture Trail, due to be launched in Summer 2016. Zipser is a Germany-based Romanian artist. This is her first major sculpture on UK soil and it will further boost the Trail’s international profile. Pomona Zipser [...]
Andrea Roe Sentient Forest Luminescent sentient artwork seeks to explore the Forest of Dean’s hidden secrets 15 April 2016 – 14 April 2017 Open by 8am daily Artist Andrea Roe reveals the unseen communication between trees in the artwork, Sentient Forest, a temporary commission by the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail in collaboration with Forestry Commission England. [...]
New piece “Charcoal Measure” by Onya McCausland “Charcoal Measure” uses charcoal made from the decommission of "Place" compressed into a series of black trenches scored into the ground. The work enables visitors to the Sculpture Trail to trace the locations of hidden coal excavations that exist 1000ft under foot. Artist Onya McCausland worked closely [...]
Charcoal Measure Onya McCausland, From 15th March 2016 Charcoal Measure is a line of charcoal on the forest path that draws attention to the scale of the underground coal excavations, 1000ft below the surface. The work may be viewed on the Trail from Tuesday 15th March 2016. Handle Gently, Onya McCausland 2015 We are also delighted [...]
Join local artist Rachel Shilston and experiment with charcoal made from the Giant's Chair (Place by Magdalena Jetelova) in this fantastic drawing workshop. Suitable for children and all ages welcome, materials and paper provided. This is a drop in activity taking place 12noon-3pm on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th January. At the Beechenhurst Lodge shop. Container-a-Cafe [...]
Forestry Commission England in partnership with Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail will give away timber cut offs from the remains of Place on 23-24thJanuary 2016, 10am - 4pm by the Container-a-Cafe at Beechenhurst. The wood will be available for free on a first come first served basis as long as supplies of the left over [...]
We’re proud to share our new film A Sense of Place, that tells the story of the Giant’s Chair and features stunning aerial photography of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail as you’ve never seen it before. This month artist Onya McCausland with the support of local charcoal burners will transform this iconic sculpture into [...]
The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is delighted to receive funding from two historic and prestigious local organisations; The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire Charitable Trust and the Lydney-based Watts Group. The funding will support new artworks arriving on the Trail in 2016. Image: (Left) Andrew Stonyer, Chair of Forest of [...]
There's been widespread coverage of our plans to decommission Place on local news sites and on BBC Online. A bat survey is currently being carried out, so there are no specific plans replace the artwork. But we do have an exciting series of new commissions coming soon in 2016 that will be sited in new [...]
