 |
|
|
|
|
|
Twenty of the top tourist attractions in Cheshire work together to help visitors enjoy the best that the County can offer, Anderton Boat Lift, Arley Hall and Gardens, Beeston Castle, Blakemere Shopping Experience, Boat Museum, Bridgemere Garden World, Catalyst, Cheshire Oaks, Chester Zoo, Go Ape!, Gulliver's World, Hack Green Secret Bunker, Jodrell Bank, Ness Botanic Gardens, Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, Sunlight Vision Museum, Port Sunlight, Redhouse Farm Shop, Salt Museum, Stapeley Water Gardens, Tatton Park |
||||
|
Hover over picture for more information or Click on picture to go directly to Members website |
||||
| ||||
 |
||||
|
|
Tatton Park Biennial Taking Shape In The Gardens
There is something extraordinary taking shape in the gardens at Tatton Park. Over the past three weeks visitors and Tatton staff have been intrigued by the growth of an incredible structure. Escape Vehicle No. 4 by Heather & Ivan Morison, is the first major work to begin construction in Tatton's gardens for Tatton Park Biennial 2008. The dome is being created from fallen trees taken from Tatton's parkland. The artists have been using larch and Scots Pine to make the 'bones' of the structure and sweet chestnut to fashion the beautifully handcrafted shingles, which will eventually cover the dome. Open triangular windows will make spots of light within the structure, reflecting the light from the water from Golden Brook by the Japanese Garden, where it is sited. Heather and Ivan have been living in one of the holiday cottages at the Farm during the creation of the work, which has really helped them to gain a sense of place. They have spent many hours working in all conditions on the dome. Heather commented "it is been hard work but very satisfying. This is the first time we have worked so extensively with shingles and you really find yourself in a calm, almost Buddhist Zen state of mind working with these materials." At over five metres high and seven metres wide, the dome has already begun to provoke a great deal of interest from the general public. Heather commented, "many people have come to see what we are doing and quite a few have said that they will be returning to take tea and ponder the gardens in it when it opens." Curators Danielle Arnaud and Jordan Kaplan say about the developing work: "We talk about it, we might even see digital montages and sketches, but then suddenly it appears - real and spectacular, tender and wild: there is an incredible thrill and pleasure for us to witness the realisation of a commissioned artwork!" Escape Vehicle No. 4 will be open to the public from 3 May. On special occasions throughout the summer, tea will be served within the dome, creating a special point of meditation within the structure. |
LIST OF NEWS ITEMS
|
||
|
|
||||
   Email Favourite Days Out In Cheshire |
||||
 |
||||
 |
||||
|
|
||||
USE THIS LINK FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON CHESTER AND CHESHIRE