Hundred Foot Drain 5

These tall standing forms were carved from oak excavated from the East Anglian Fenlands where it had lain buried in a peat bog for 4,500 to 5,000 years. Wycliffe's inspiration for this sculpture was an intuitive reaction when he contemplated the wood, which is tough and dense, yet with a fragile, almost fossil-like outer surface. He wanted to convey the timber's strength and resilience but also its inherent fragility and beauty.