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Ground works commence on second installation of Frame

Here I am at Hardcastle Crags on a stunning morning as the ground is marked and prepared for the installation of the second Framing the Landscape frame – the launch date is soon to be unveiled so do keep checking

Have you created your own work of art through the frame

Take a look at this fantastic photograph by Dave Zdanowicz, the landscape doesn’t get much better than this ….

Launch of first frame at Wessenden Moor

Here is a brief video giving a taster of the launch day with children and teachers from Yorkshire schools capturing the view through the frame and connecting with nature through art. The finished artwork can be seen on the Gallery

Are you in the frame?

Visit Marsden Moor and put yourself in the frame. You can do this by either taking a photograph of you in the frame and visit us on twitter @framinglandsc or facebook Framing the Landscape or be creative and send your

Installation on the Moor

As the phrase goes,”Many hands make light work” well it wouldn’t have been possible to install the first frame on Marsden Moor without a crane attached to the transport vehicle. Hoisted into place and then lowered the frame was installed.

Inscription of the Frame

This is a shortened video of the last minutes of the inscription process that took over 15 hours at Sanderson Precision Engineering.Every curve and line inscribed by the machine was first calculated and programmed by the University of Huddersfield.Seeing it

Construction of full size frame

This video created by the University of Huddersfield shows the process by which the flanges, the metal discs that secure the base of the frame to a secure underground support frame are constructed. The video clip shows the machining of

The Prototype

The first stage in any engineering construction is a prototype. This is the first time you get a feel for how the frame will look,even though at this stage it is a third of the size of the full scale

Stage 2

After the drawing stage is the construction and this would not have been possible without the assistance of the School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield. How does a sketch become reality … with great mathematical minds, for not

It all starts with a piece of paper and a pencil

As with starting a painting, the idea for Framing the Landscape was constructed in exactly the same way .. with paper, pencil and an idea. In this day and age of technology it is often hard for others to comprehend