Slow art trail

Artist: Laura Ellen Bacon
Basket maker Laura Ellen Bacon uses traditional techniques to create woven, site-specific sculptures based on a theme of organic growth and nesting. “I have used a fallen tree along trail to produce a large installation, my work focuses around the ‘tear’ in the canopy and the fall of the tree within the site” Photograph: Laura Ellen Bacon

Artist : Jane Revitt
“I have designed particular pieces of furniture for several indoor locations, and when I was asked to suggest something for the slow art trail, thought it would be interesting to design a piece to be sited in woodland. Chairs encourage people to slow down and rest and I thought this would be appropriate” Photograph: Jane Revitt

Artist: David Morley
Poet David Morley, who spent time in this area of the Yorkshire Dales in his youth, and has a distinguished career as academic and published poet, has created a series of poems about the wood and surrounding area which are “written” into the woodland trail in innovative and green ways Photograph: David Morley

Artist: Andy Plant
Andy Plant, who is known for his unique mechanical sculptures, theatrical commissions and large-scale clocks in public places, has created a giant recycled copper Talking Cactus which features local people talking about climate change Photograph: Andy Plant

Artist: Steve Gumbley
Steve Gumbley has created From Horse Power to Hydrogen Power, an ominous shadowgraph machine which explores energy sources. The revolving carousel table, which features different forms of power plants, such as nuclear, chimneys and cooling towers, is lit by a single halogen bulb and fills the space with moving shadows. “My installation is a mechanical meditation on sources of power,” he says Photograph: Steve Gumbley

Artist: Johnny White
Johnny White’s installation Come in No 24 Your Time is Up, is sited on the River Wharfe within Strid Wood, a Site of Special Scientific Interest as the largest remnant of acidic woodland in Yorkshire. Created from reclaimed materials including an ex-hire boat, the mechanical sculpture is powered by water from the river Photograph: Johnny White

Artist: Stephen Bailey
Stephen Bailey has created a scale map of the slow art trail area made from litter left behind by visitors Photograph: Stephen Bailey

There have been a series of community workshops on poetry and sculpture as part of the lead-up to the art trail which is on show within the Strid Wood car park visitor centre. This is a detail of a sculpture created by waste materials by students from the Skipton Girls high school Photograph: PR