WILL GLANFIELD - Artist Working With Wood

Above - Avenue and Ring (left), Common or Pedunculate Oak - Quercus Robur (centre), Ring (right)

Current Project

Heart of Oak 2008

Location : Victory Wood, Nr Canterbury, Kent
Supported by : The National Lottery through Arts Council England, Canterbury City Council Arts Development, The Woodland Trust and Swale Borough Council.

"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."---Zeno (335- 263 B.C.)

Heart of Oak is a self initiated project in partnership with The Woodland Trust, an experienced ecologist and two local primary schools. The project, which will commence Nov/Dec 2008, will 'grow' living works in Victory Wood, from newly planted oak trees. The trees will be provided by the Woodland Trust, who own and manage the woods.

Blean Primary School, Nr Canterbury, and The Endowed Junior School in Whitstable will be involved directly with the project through site visits and in workshops exploring our relationship with the natural world. Parallel to the work at Victory Wood, the children will design and initiate living works in the grounds of their schools.

Victory Wood is a recently established wood owned by The Woodland Trust just outside Whitstable in Kent. It is an important natural corridor within the far larger ancient woodland of The Blean, and is seen as an important environmental and recreational resource.

Above - Clive Steward of The Woodland Trust helping set out the positions for the oaks (left), The avenue (centre), One of the bamboo markers (right)

7.11.08 - The first stage of the project commenced with setting out the positions of the trees for the Avenue and Ring piece. The second piece Pollard Arc will follow soon. The tree planting will take place over the next few weeks along with the schools workshops.

Above - One of the oaks being planted (left). Above - The first oak is in (right).

19.11.08 - The Endowed School year 5 group visits the site and plants the first eight oaks for the Avenue and Ring.

Canterbury City CounciI arts development unit has proposed a mentor/mentee element to the project. Over the coming months I will mentor Canterbury based artist Kate Matthews.




Above - Avenue and Ring (left), Common or Pedunculate Oak - Quercus Robur (centre), Ring (right) Current Project Heart of Oak 2008 Location : Victory Wood, Nr Canterbury, Kent Supported by : The National Lottery through Arts Council England, Canterbury City Council Arts Development, The Woodland Trust and Swale Borough Council. "The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."---Zeno (335- 263 B.C.) Heart of Oak is a self initiated project in partnership with The Woodland Trust, an experienced ecologist and two local primary schools. The project, which will commence Nov/Dec 2008, will 'grow' living works in Victory Wood, from newly planted oak trees. The trees will be provided by the Woodland Trust, who own and manage the woods. Blean Primary School, Nr Canterbury, and The Endowed Junior School in Whitstable will be involved directly with the project through site visits and in workshops exploring our relationship with the natural world. Parallel to the work at Victory Wood, the children will design and initiate living works in the grounds of their schools. Victory Wood is a recently established wood owned by The Woodland Trust just outside Whitstable in Kent. It is an important natural corridor within the far larger ancient woodland of The Blean, and is seen as an important environmental and recreational resource. Above - Clive Steward of The Woodland Trust helping set out the positions for the oaks (left), The avenue (centre), One of the bamboo markers (right) 7.11.08 - The first stage of the project commenced with setting out the positions of the trees for the Avenue and Ring piece. The second piece Pollard Arc will follow soon. The tree planting will take place over the next few weeks along with the schools workshops. Above - One of the oaks being planted (left). Above - The first oak is in (right). 19.11.08 - The Endowed School year 5 group visits the site and plants the first eight oaks for the Avenue and Ring. Canterbury City CounciI arts development unit has proposed a mentor/mentee element to the project. Over the coming months I will mentor Canterbury based artist Kate Matthews. Supported by:
Oakover Nurseries