THE WALL

Posted by AndyB

Wall is a practical real time demonstration in the art of dry stone walling. Most of these basic boundary divisions date back to the passing of ‘The General Enclosures Act’ of 1760 -1845. They are unique to each landscape, subtly changing depending on the surrounding geology and the local techniques employed. The pink sandstone you see here is from the hamlet of Scout Green Westmorland, close to the river Birkbeck, a major tributary of the river Lune. It dates from the Pre-Cambrian era and therefore is around 3400 million years old.

Constructed following a few basic principles and with a minimum amount of tools, the discipline of dry stone walling is an intricate combination of; organization, rationalization, an eye for detail, shape, proportion & contemplation. Unlike a concrete wall, a dry stone wall is a flexible & permeable construction, that if made well should stand longer than the man who built it.

Posted on Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm by AndyB. Filed under EXHIBITIONS, SCULPTURE. Follow responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.