Detail View: SHIMMER: Jolly Drovers Maze

Title: 
Jolly Drovers Maze
Creation Date: 
1990
Image Date: 
1992
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Consett-Sunderland Cycle Path, Co. Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
earth
Display Creator: 
GOLDSWORTHY, Andy
Terms: 
Land art
Image ID: 
92-0642
Description: 
View over the tops of the Maze. Photographed in 1992. Designed to slow down cyclists before they reach a major road junction and also to entice them to the centre of the maze. Goldsworthy designed the concept, the JCB driver determined the final dimensions and design details. One of the landmark sculptures on the Sustrans Trail which utilises the disused Consett-Sunderland Railway line.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Image Storage Location: 
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/92-0642.tif
Related Information: 
Sustrans website. For more information see < http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ >.
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
GOLDSWORTHY, Andy
Creator Dates - Born: 
1956
Creator Role: 
Environmental artist.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British.
Subject Heading: 
Nature (Aesthetics)
Subject Heading: 
Earthworks (Art)
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Bicycle trails
Subject Heading: 
Tourism -- England (Co. Durham)
Subject Heading: 
Public art -- England (Co. Durham)