Into the woods: David Nash at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

David Nash poses next to his work, Rough Elm Sphere, at Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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He adds some final touches to the work
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Red Dome
'Like densely packed dead man's fingers,' says Annie Proulx in her review
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A collection of woody works in the park's Underground Gallery
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Oculus Block
The work 'suggests a mighty torso that has just sucked in a tremendous draft of air', says Proulx
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Nine Cracked Balls (1970)
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Trunk and Butt
Two of Nash's carbonised works – what he terms 'black, heavy and fine'
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Ash Dome (planted in 1977)
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Black Steps
'Nash opens the door to the world of the sentient forest,' writes Proulx
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He hacks, he saws, he scorches ... Nash carving in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
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Red Column (detail)
Nash uses raw, untreated wood – the better to split, warp and decay over time – and carves it with vertical, horizontal and diagonal cuts
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Capel Rhiw in Wales, a disused chapel that Nash bought, age 23, and turned into his studio
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