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BY LOTTE SCOTT
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Lotte Scott is an artist using sculpture, drawing and installation and her practice is rooted in her home county, Somerset. Her art explores sense of place and connection to the land. An interest in archaeology, geological processes and traditional rural industries also informs her work. Lotte recently received Henry Moore Foundation funding to exhibit her installation ‘Ash Viewing’ at Priddy Leap, during Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2024.
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BY LOTTE SCOTT
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Lotte Scott is an artist using sculpture, drawing and installation and her practice is rooted in her home county, Somerset. Her art explores sense of place and connection to the land. An interest in archaeology, geological processes and traditional rural industries also informs her work. Lotte recently received Henry Moore Foundation funding to exhibit her installation ‘Ash Viewing’ at Priddy Leap, during Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2024.
BY LOTTE SCOTT
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Lotte Scott is an artist using sculpture, drawing and installation and her practice is rooted in her home county, Somerset. Her art explores sense of place and connection to the land. An interest in archaeology, geological processes and traditional rural industries also informs her work. Lotte recently received Henry Moore Foundation funding to exhibit her installation ‘Ash Viewing’ at Priddy Leap, during Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2024.
BY LOTTE SCOTT
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Ash Viewing is a project about the carbon cycle, and the cycles of living and dying. As Lotte Scott's first public commission, it is a sculptural installation of a local ash tree felled due to ash dieback disease, also known as Chalara dieback of ash, which is caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The ash was transformed by a limewash created by Lotte making lime from Mendip stone. The limewashed ash sculpture was exhibited before being burnt at a public event and turned into charcoal.
The second phase of the project, Ash Barrow, is to have the charcoaled tree remains interred into a new turf and stone burial mound as part of wider access improvements at the site. Inspired by the nationally-significant Bronze Age cemeteries located on Mendip, Ash Barrow would stand as a monument to the loss of the ash.
Lotte Scott is an artist using sculpture, drawing and installation and her practice is rooted in her home county, Somerset. Her art explores sense of place and connection to the land. An interest in archaeology, geological processes and traditional rural industries also informs her work. Lotte recently received Henry Moore Foundation funding to exhibit her installation ‘Ash Viewing’ at Priddy Leap, during Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2024.