‘Handle to the Ground’
Projects, 2007
‘Handle to the ground’, is a permanent outdoor installation developed after a ten-week residency in New Victoria Gardens, Glasgow.
What interested me most about a residency within the context of these allotments was the transient sense of land ownership – if nobody and everybody owns the land then how to engage with the social context? I began by building a woodcraft shelter which acted as an open air studio and workshop for the duration of the summer.
This structure was inspired by temporary woodland dwellings and workshops built by the charcoal makers and ‘bodgers’ of the early industrial era. It acted as a platform to experiment with ways to involve traditional techniques and craft genres in the production of new sculpture.
Jenny Crowe Commissions
- Tags: Canvas, Cast Bronze, Paint, Rope, Wood
- Title: Handle to the Ground
- Materials: Wood, Cast Bronze, Paint, Canvas, Rope
- Dimensions: 5.0m x 12.0m x 3.2m
- Title: Handle to the Ground
- Materials: Wood, Cast Bronze, Paint, Canvas, Rope
- Dimensions: 5.0m x 12.0m x 3.2m
- Title: Handle to the Ground
- Materials: Wood, Cast Bronze, Paint, Canvas, Rope
- Dimensions: 5.0m x 12.0m x 3.2m
- Title: Handle to the Ground
- Materials: Wood, Cast Bronze, Paint, Canvas, Rope
- Dimensions: 5.0m x 12.0m x 3.2m