Douglas is carved from a 140-year-old fallen pine within in the grounds of the Cragside Estate. The artwork was created by Tommy Craggs from Durham.
The latest edition of the National Trust Magazine provides a brief news snippet:
Tree carvings can be seen in places ranging from inner-city Victorian parks to the great landscapes of the National Trust. We would like your help to track them down. Please send pictures and comments to us as part of a project that includes members of the National Trust, the Woodland Trust, the Arboricultural Association and the Ancient Tree forum.
www.ukeconet.org
In a previous post I blogged about an owl sculpture within the formal gardens at Cragside.
WOw, that is amazingly cool!!!! Love it.
A guy with great talent.
Oh my daughter would love that so much. Marvellous indeed.
I think she might enjoy the labyrinth too. It is situated in another part of the estate:
http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/08/17/labyrinth/
At the center is a tree growing through a hut.
very good likeness!
LOL I couldn’t possibly comment
I like Douglas. He looks a bit like a green man with two buck teeth?
The work was inspired by the green man
Poor old man. Let’s give him a hug!
Imortalised in wood!
Great (is “too short… sigh… Great)
I thought you had worked out a way to circumnavigate the Wordpress monitor that tries to deny one word comments…
I do agree that it is a great sculpture
The names? or the fallen tree…
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Superb sculpture, well captured too.
It was a welcome suprise as I turned the corner looking for one of the temporary artworks.