A carving of wood and stone, Keir Smith worked on The Iron Road for almost a year.

It’s a cool sculpture - great for concentrating hard and running over! Here’s what the Forest of Dean gang say about it:

‘Twenty evenly spaced railway sleepers on the gentle curve of a disused railway line bring the spirit of the Forest’s industrial past to life. Skilfully carved out of the wood are poetic images of natural or industrial life — a feather, a leaf, a wheel, a factory or a cloud. The jar with water pouring out refers to the stream running under the embankment. The wood is a Eucalyptus called Jarrah, and the sleepers were obtained from the London Underground.’

Love it! Take the time to check out each individual sleeper carving.

Ben

February 19, 2023

Keir Smith 1986
Twenty carved jarrah wood railway
sleepers represent the train line
that used to run through the
forest. Each sleeper illustrates an
aspect of the forest, from smelting
to writing, charcoal to hunting.

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Location: Cinderford, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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