Field Days

Field Days featured works from local and national artists who responded to the archaeology, ecology, geology, ancient myths and legends of the Ridgeway.

April-July 2016

Stretching parallel to the Dorset coast, from Broadmayne in the east to Kingston Russell in the west, is a broad ridge of chalky downland known as the South Dorset Ridgeway. With a steep escarpment on the south side and a gently sloping landscape to the north, some 14 square miles within this area contain at least 500 earthworks, showing evidence of man's occupation of the land since prehistoric times.  Field Days featured commissioned works from local and national artists who responded to the archaeology, ecology, geology, ancient myths and legends of the Ridgeway.

Toured to: Litton Cheney, Walford Mill, Martinstown and The Kingcombe Centre between April-July 2016

Associated workshops: Willow weaving, leatherwork, beaker making, Viking jewellery making, tin and copper smelting and bronze casting