"Piece for a Maple Tree" by Kathy Herbert
Owner: Down District Council Location: Castlewellan Forest Park, Co Down Title: Piece for a Maple Tree Artist: Kathy Herbert Material: Stone Size: Various Funded by: Dept of Agriculture; Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Down District Council; Sculpture Society of Ireland. Background: The sculpture trail in Castlewellan Forest Park was opened in September 1992, as the first of its kind in Northern Ireland. The trail is the result of a three week Sculpture Symposium involving nine sculptors from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Greece. This Symposium was jointly promoted by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, Down District Council and the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland, with funding from the European Arts Festival and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The eight sculptures along the trail have been created from natural materials, most of which were gathered from the park. They were designed and made specifically for the three mile lake-side walk, with sites chosen to emphasise some of the park’s most beautiful features. Artists Details: Kathy Herbert was born in Dublin in 1955 and studied Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Ulster. She has had solo exhibitions in the USA and in Northern Ireland. In 1996, she was awarded a major prize from the Irish Concrete Society and the Alice Berger Hammerschlag Travel Award. Her work is held in private collections in England, U.S.A. and Ireland. |
