Our artwork developed from a combination of response to material and location. We hoped to make something that both looked striking and at home in the place. Situated along a streamline and near to pathways, roads and the less visible tracks of wild animals the artwork presents another line in the landscape.

While making the piece we experimented with the special forgiving qualities of the cork, I thought of the work almost as a second skin hovering above the land and protecting the earth as the cork protects the oak from forest fires.

We look forward to see how the work will look over the coming seasons as grass and flowers grow up through the sculpture and the trees become densely covered in leaves changing the light and experience of the place.