'Sculpt' Arts Trail
'Rock of Ages' by Harriet Hill is a huge sculpture like a hovering rock, suspended by cords. It is made of wool from local Masham sheep, along with straw, hay, baler twine and netting. It represents the layering of history, linking the people who have lived and worked the land in this area through the 1000 year history of the church in Well.
The church of St Michael the Archangel, in Well, dates back to the early 14th century though there were churches on the site prior to that. It holds many treasures including the tomb of Sir John Neville, last Baron Latimer of Snape, who died in 1577. There is also lots of 16th century graffiti defacing the tombs!
Hi Jenny - that sculpture is amazing ... I just loved seeing it. Churches have so much interesting information inside them - and being able to draw people in via different arts' events makes perfect sense - especially if telling a local story. Just loved it - cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteFascinating!
ReplyDeleteThat is the most unusual one to me!
ReplyDeleteThat is quite an unusual sculpture!
ReplyDeleteWow, it really does lock like a rock!
ReplyDeleteNeat! Amazing such a simple sculpture has so much impact.
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