Overtoun Trail Art Installations
Over the years The Woodlands Trust has installed a variety of pieces of art work around the various walking paths in the woods and on the hillside beneath Lang Craigs. Also at different times they have collaborated with Glasgow School of Art to have temporary art installations placed on the site. The most recent of these was in March 2020 and this was the most extensive but shortest lived with most of the exhibits only being on site for a couple of days.
I go on the walk around Round Wood Hill a couple of times a week and one day I spotted a variety of strange things going on including a pedestrian crossing at the top of Round Wood Hill. I went back two days later with my camera and took photographs but sadly the most striking exhibit, the pedestrian crossing, was gone. I took a photo of the view at the spot where it had been and by then taking a photo of a pedestrian crossing on the A82, I managed to recreate the effect. The local paper had an article in which they talked to a couple of the artists and it included a picture of the pedestrian crossing and I have put a link to that article here. I can't pretend to understand the explanations that the artists provided about their exhibits. Sadly all trace of the works created had gone by the end of the week but I have put the photos that I took at the time on this page as well as photos of some of the art work that stays permanently on site.
My re-creation of the pedestrian crossing placed on Round Wood Hill by Maya Rose of Glasgow School of Art
An unusual place to bath the baby
An impromptu miniature football pitch high up above Dumbarton
Framing the view by Nancy Collins of Glasgow School of Art
Art Work on a Tree Trunk - you can see the detail in the photos below
This striking mirrored obelisk was placed in the woods by Woodlands Trust for a few weeks around August 2016. It is the work of Thom Rees of Glasgow School of Art
This cairn is a permanent feature that stands on the hillside just beneath the Lang Craigs
These are permanent features at different points along the walking tracks
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