Conduit & Continuum
(2001)
Location : Tilgate Park, Crawley, West Sussex
Materials : European Oak
Funding : Crawley Borough Council
Conduit
Conduit is composed of five standing elements. It is situated some 100 metres across the parkland from Continuum. Both pieces reflect and transform the theme of the other, and should be considered together. They are inspired by thoughts on layerings and accumulations, continuity and aspiration in nature.
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The wrapped leaves carved into the works celebrate five native trees: Common Oak, Hawthorn, Goat Willow, Alder and Scots Pine.
Conduit suggests a series of stages, or layers - markers in space and time. The repeated forms refer through, back and forth, creating a subtly changing line. Seen from one end, Conduit directs our line of vision through and across to Continuum.
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Continuum
Continuum reflects the same completed form of Conduit in its central element. The vertical elements which rise from the flanks of Continuum progressively develop towards it’s centre. The work again suggests gradual stages of development or transition, a coming together to create a union, and from that joining something new.
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