This is a list of all the Grizedale sculptures that I know of, arranged alphabetically by sculpture name or artist.
A to Z listing
By artist
A map for the various sculptures we’ve seen in the forest can be found here – https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zV6Rj66MiDNg.kd9pGg3PGfFA and will be updated as time goes on.
For sculptures no longer current/ not seen, look here (locations not necessarily accurate): https://goo.gl/maps/8YNnm
The Forest and the Forester
Graham Fagen 2002 Artist’s website: http://www.grahamfagen.com The full title of this work is ‘The Forest and the Forester (After Maeterlinck)’ and it was launched at Grizedale Live in 2002. The sculpture, consisting of a planting of 12 Scots pine within special... read more
Red Sandstone Fox
Gordon Young 1991 This work ‘highlights the presence of the animals hidden within the surrounding forest’. Sited at a point where several paths meet, the Fox is quite an iconic feature. It is also the start of a tricky path locally given same name... read more
Columns
Giles Kent 1996 Artist’s website: www.gileskent.co.uk ‘My sculptures at Grizedale were influenced by the epic expanses of conifers. They refer to the conifer’s strong vertical lines of growth, that from far below appear to pierce the sky…’ Columns, in Juniper Tarn... read more
Pinnacles
Giles Kent 1996 Artist’s website: www.gileskent.co.uk ‘My sculptures at Grizedale were influenced by the epic expanses of conifers. They refer to the conifer’s strong vertical lines of growth, that from far below appear to pierce the... read more
Pyxis
Del Geist 1986 Artist’s website: www.delgeist.com Constructed using local Silurian slate and situated within an abandoned slate quarry, Pyxis is 41 x 56 x 56 inches in size. ‘The quarry’s rubble heaps and voids hold evidence of great exertion by... read more
Waterway
David Nash 1978 ‘After a long search find a water source and two fallen trees….. Diverted the water along branch troughs, through the roots of a fallen sycamore…’ Originally trees with a water channel carved along the trunks and branches, all... read more
Ting
Colin Rose 1984 One of the longer-standing sculptures remaining at Grizedale, a 40 foot diameter steel circle visible from the road and interlocked with the branches of a tree. ‘I became interested in the idea of objects emitting inaudible sounds that varied... read more
Meeting and Greeting
Claire Shoosmith 1999 Principally a photographer, Claire fixed signs to trees that were based on over-heard comments of walkers in the forest for this sculpture. Unfortunately, not all of the signs remain. She also engaged with the tourist industry of the Lake... read more
In Celebration of a Tor
Chris Booth (New Zealand) 1993 Artist’s website: http://www.chrisbooth.co.nz Inspired by slate ‘tors’ (protruding rocks) which were sculpted by the last Ice Age. The sculpture is almost hidden from the path by brambles, ferns, leaves etc… during the... read more