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WOOL
CHAMBER, Buttles Barn, Forest of Boland, Lancashire, UK |
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The
work is made from dry stone, wood, netting and 300 fleeces.
You enter a dry stone passageway from a door in the gable
end. All is darkness. As your eyes become accustomed to the
light, it appears that the entire barn is filled with wool
up to the rafters and pressing in, on and through the wall.
The project was lottery funded and designed to draw
attention to the plight of UK hill farmers and also make
links with the artist Kurt Schwitters, whose last work was
an installation in a Lake District barn.
Making 'Wool Chamber' set a precedent with the Wool
Marketing Board to allow farmers to use and market their own
wool. The wool used was bought straight off the sheeps'
backs and used in the barn.
Commissioners: Projects Environment for 'Art Barns after
Kurt Schwitters'.
Contact: Projects Environment: +44 (0)1706 827961 |
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