Willow Ladder II. Grizedale 1979
1980
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1980
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Willow Ladder II. Grizedale 1979 is a 1980 by David Nash, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
David Nash sketched five designs for a tree sculpture he planned to grow in a forest. The drawings include notes on how to graft branches and when each stage should happen. It wasn’t a quick sketch—he mapped out years of slow growth. The piece is basically a manual for making living art. You can see the instructions he added right on the paper. It’s like a recipe, but for trees. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see the drawing in person.
The drawing Willow Ladder II documents David Nash’s 1978 project at Grizedale Forest, where he planned a grafted tree sculpture through five preparatory sketches. It includes detailed notes and instructions alongside proposed timelines for the living sculpture’s growth stages. The work serves as a record of the artist’s residency and conceptual process.
Read the full account in the museum source.
British artist David Nash makes bold, linear drawings of trees and tools in the land-art tradition.
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