'Bridged' Folly
The most recent works of artist, Steve Messam, ‘These Passing Things’, is a series of follies scattered throughout Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal this summer.
‘These Passing Things is fantastical and bold, uncovering the story of the water garden, and revealing new perspective.’ – National Trust
The Brief: We were contracted by the artist and the National Trust to manufacture and install one of three bold commissions, ‘Bridged’. Designed to sit across the River Skell, close to the site of a lost iron bridge from the 18th century, the contemporary crimson spikes create an exciting route of passage for visitors of the site.
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