WORK OF THE WEEK: Nigel Ross, Merula, 2023

Sun, Seating, Sculpture

Nigel Ross
Merula, 2023
Charred sycamore
90 x 225 x 45 cm
35 ⅖ x 88 ½ x 18 in.

The calligraphic design of Nigel Ross' Merula creates a contemporary silhouette in the landscape. The work's title, taken from the Latin name for blackbirds, is inspired by the flock that watch him at work in his studio and workshop in Perthshire, Scotland.

Nigel Ross carves abstract sculpture and seating from entire trunks of fallen wood, creating continuous shapes and forms. His practice emerged from a career working in forestry on the Isle of Arran, after a childhood spent in rural Hertfordshire surrounded by woodland. By the mid-nineties, Ross was working full time as a sculptor and maker.

Nigel Ross first exhibited with the New Art Centre in 2004 and again in 2007. Since then, his sculptural seating has become a permanent feature within the Sculpture Park. His works have been placed in private and public collections in the UK and the United States, including Chatsworth House; Canary Wharf, London, and the Woodland Trust, Scotland. Ross often works to commission, fabricating bespoke sculpture, seating and architectural interventions for both public and private spaces internationally.

Nigel Ross, Merula, 2023, Charred sycamore

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Lunan Contour, 2021
Oak
80 x 401 x 71 cm
2ft 4 in. x 13ft x 2ft 2 in.

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Pictish Oak, 2021
Oak
63 x 390 x 48 cm
24 ¾ x 153 ½ x 19 in.

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