The second part of the week I headed firstly to the Forest of Dean which again is 30 minutes from home and decided to stop at Beechurst purchase the Sculpture trail map and see if I could find all 18 sculptures.
This sculpture was called Meander by Kristin Veasey in 2023. Created from steam using bent oak. It mirrors the river Wye and Severn.
The Heart of the Stone by Tim Lees in 1988 echoes the shaft of the drift mine on which it sits and the fish alludes to the forest's location between two rivers.
Soil Unsoiled by Khady Gueye and Zakiya McKenzie in 2021 is a poem depicting racial inequality in the Forest of Dean.
Fire & Water by David Nash 1986 are charred boats that resemble the canoes carved by hand from a single piece of wood.
Iron Road by Keir Smith 1986 has twenty carved sleepers to represent the train line that used to run through the forest. Each sleeper has a different element to show aspects of the forest.
On the walk I saw this fallen tree and was amazed how shallow the roots were.
For me my favourite place by far to be is by the sea, but looking up when enveloped by trees is pretty special too.
Grove of Silence by Ian Hamilton Finlay 1986 is a plague high up depicting stillness.
Cone & Vessel by Peter Randall-Page 1988 are carved in stone showing an acorn and fire cone.
Hill33 by David Cotterell 2010. The building was built from industrial material and filled with coal spoil. However it is slowly collapsing and being taken over by nature
300 million year old tree fossil.
Coal Measure Giants by Henry Castle 2016. The tree fossil and the sculpture are set 300 metres apart so show the distance of the nearest goal seam below ground.
I'm not up on my foraging but I think this was wild mint as it smelt so lovely.
Echo by Annie Cattrall 2008 was my favourite of all the sculptures. Made from cast of the quarry in which the sculpture stands it echos the rock face and even the tree. It was such a tactile sculpture
Cathedral by Kevin Atherton 1986 I'm sure is the most photographed of all the exhibits and it is a beautiful work of art.
Hanging Fire by Cornelian Parker 1988 used locally smelted iron ore to form into rings of flames which is high up in the tree line. To represent the crowing of the trees in the once royal forest.
When you explore I always love to spot nature and this beetle was no exception.
Gathering by Julian Wild 2023 built from stainless steel to represent fungi in all their colourful forms.
I was literally at the end of my walk one minute from the van when the heavens opened.
Doesn't the forest look stunning in the rain.
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