Artworks return for celebration of Lakes.EIGHT 12ft-high artworks are to be launched on Ullswater to celebrate the 60th anniversary of legislation which created the Lake District National Park. The Fleur de Sel Fleur de sel ("Flower of salt" in French) is a hand-harvested sea salt collected by workers who scrape only the top layer of salt before it sinks to the bottom of large salt pans. installations, by artists Steve Messam and Hannah Stewart, represented Cumbria at this year's Venice Biennale Venice Biennale International art exhibition held in the Castello district of Venice every two years and juried by an international committee. It was founded in 1895 as the International Exhibition of Art of the City of Venice to promote “the most noble activities of festival. They are returning home and will float on the lake at Ullswater from September 3-6. Each form is ball-shaped and made from silk and lace parasols which are in various stages of apparent decay. Spreading over a distance of half a mile, the objects will be the biggest art installation which has ever seen in the Lake District. Fleur de Sel will be positioned at the southern end of Ullswater, south of Glenridding Pier and can be viewed from all sides of the lake. Regular steamers along Ullswater from Pooley Bridge Pooley Bridge is a village in the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland. It takes its name from the bridge over the River Eamont at the northern end of Ullswater. and motor and rowing boat hire service at St Patrick's Boat Yard will mean visitors can get closer to Fleur de Sel than was possible in Venice. The name of the installation, Fleur de Sel, reflects the delicate light salt crystals which can be skimmed off the surface of sea water. |
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