Echo 2008
News: Echo by Annie Cattrell
Annie Cattrells first public artwork, Echo is the latest on the trail - come and see it from Sunday 20th July 2008 onwards. Hyper-real and hyper-virtual, it is absolutely landscape and absolutely not landscape. Although cast from 310 million year old rocks, it evokes a sense of the subterranean - touch it and discover the detail with your fingertips.
Annie Cattrell was commissioned to create a new sculpture for the Sculpture Trail. Echo is a fascinating addition to the existing collection of sculptures and celebrates the life of Jeremy Rees, as well as our 21st anniversary, reached last year.
To celebrate this new work, we held a range of workshops for all ages on Sunday 20th July.
TRAVELING ADVICE: PLEASE NOTE, THERE ARE PRESENTLY MAJOR ROADWORKS JUST OUTSIDE GLOUCESTER. IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE FOREST, PLEASE CONSIDER TRAVELING VIA THE OLD SEVERN BRIDGE - FOLLOW SIGNS TO CHEPSTOW, THEN JOIN A48 AT CHEPSTOW. FULL DIRECTIONS AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOAD FROM THE FIND US LINK.
WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Saturday 9th August Forest Play Festival, Beechenhurst - This will be the first Forest of Dean Children’s Play Festival and it promises to be a fantastic day. 10.00 – 17.00. The festival comprises a number of themed zones with a huge range of activities and events with so much to do in so little time! Messy play, traditional play, creative play, adventurous play, including kite making, den building, music making, circus skills, big art and lots lots more. This is a family event with loads of activities for children, young people and families to explore together. Free entry
The Sculpture Trust invite you to join us to explore ideas related to Echo, the new sculpture by Annie Cattrell. Make your own intervention in the landscape, photograph it and take the image home for keeps!
The Forest of Dean is one of the most ancient and beautiful woodland areas in the country, with a fascinating history. The Sculpture Trail is a fantastic way of exploring the area as well as to gain an understanding of its industrial past.Previously an area of mine-workings, the forest has been transformed by sculptures made by international artists, including David Nash, Cornelia Parker, Ian Hamilton-Finlay and Neville Gabie. The artworks provide a unique encounter with site-specific sculpture in a wonderful forest environment. The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust also host temporary events on the Trail, alongside commissioning new sculptures and working with communities.
22 years ago a vision by Martin Orrom sparked off the process - read it here
The Trust and the Forestry Commission continue to work together to maintain and develop the Sculpture Trail.
