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River stone supported by hazel sticks
collapsed several times
the last four or five stone being the most awkward
made across a path at the entrance to a glade
Swindale Beck Wood, Cumbria
13 September 1982

© Andy Goldsworthy
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Diary: undated [11 September?]

Calm, beautifully overcast
day to begin with.
Decided to reconstruct
circular/stick arch.

sun came out - difficult
to see -
fell & sat in river
-wet.

got arch to stand - pulled
out loose stick - hit top
of arch - collapsed.

Swindale 13th Sept.

Calm - overcast - beautiful day - reconstructed - carefully
-securely & it worked!!

Feels better now
it is done - been
on my mind for long
time

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Keywords:

arches, circles, sticks, stones

Dates:

Attempt made 11th September 1982.
Work completed and recorded 13th September 1982.

Places:

Swindale Beck Wood, Brough, Cumbria, UK.

Bibliography:

AGA: S/Bk_006, col. illus., text
Rain (1985), b/w illus., p. 19

Listed in Clive Adams, 'Catalogue Raisonne of Photographs,' Hand to Earth (1990), p. 174:

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River stones supported by hazel sticks / collapsed several times / the last four or five stones being the most awkward / made across a path at the entrance to the glade
SWINDALE BECK WOOD, CUMBRIA
13 SEPTEMBER 1982
1 frame
2 Cibachrome photographs
each 25.4 X 39.4 (10 x 15 1/2)
framed 58.4 x 104.1 (23 x 41)

University of Northumbria permanent collection

Source:

Colour 35mm slide;
Film: Kodachrome 64;
AGA location: 82/Sept/A;
No. of images: 1/13 [Others: S/C; 82/Sept/A];
Archival Disk: 1982_004