Collaboration with artist Julia Barton
www.julia-barton.co.uk
Reclaimed architectural stone, quarried limestone, beach stone
and excavation.
Commissioned by ‘Turning The Tide’
Whiteside Gill, Easington, Co. Durham
Length approx. 100 metres
2001
Whiteside Gill is located on the east Durham coastline near
Easington. The project was set up as part of the ‘Turning
the Tide’ regeneration scheme, which has over the last
four years focused on cleaning up the beaches after the closure
of the collieries. I was invited to collaborate with artist
Julia Barton to improve a degraded and featureless Gill approximately
100m long, which runs west to east from the cliffs to the beach.
Our design was inspired by the surrounding environment, and
connects, extends and develops an existing footpath and water
flume into an extensive and intriguing land artwork. It has
played a significant part in enabling local flora to reintegrate
into the site, and extensively contributed to available habitat.
