The details are taking shape 🌊

Daniel Weatheritt has been hand-carving flowing river channels into the oak panels of the five Watery Walk sculptures. The outer carving is now complete, revealing how these unique pieces will come together as one installation. 🌿 #WateryWalk

🥾 Our latest Watery Walk is taking shape! Our apprentices have been busy with fencing, a new boardwalk, waymarkers and drainage improvements at Distington, thanks to funding from the Potato Pot Community Benefit Fund, administered by GrantScape for Netro Energy Limited. #WateryWalk #WestCumbria

A hidden staircase in a set of wooden cogs? 🌊✨

Daniel Weatheritt’s five oak cogs for the new Watery Walk at Distington have been assembled, revealing a fascinating view through each piece. Next up: pyrography to add the finishing details. 🌿 #WateryWalk #PublicArt

The Watery Walk is taking shape! 🌊✨

Artist Daniel Weatheritt has been busy crafting five oak cogs for the new Distington installation. The pieces have now been routed and cut, with the next stage creating viewing windows within the sculptures.

We can’t wait to see them come to life! 🌿 #WateryWalk

🔩 Final touches are underway! Our five Distington Watery Walk sculptures bring together local wildlife and industrial heritage, with interactive wheels revealing creature life cycles. After months in the workshop, they’re nearly ready. Look out, Distington! 👀 #WateryWalk #RivetingRivers

✏️ Before the oak, cogs and moving parts, there are pencil sketches. Daniel has mapped out all five creature life cycles to plan the pacing of each ring. Here’s the Common Frog, from sketch to cog in place. 🐸 #WateryWalk #PublicArt

Things are heating up! 🔥 Daniel is using a specialist pyrography tool with custom-made metal nibs to burn intricate wildlife illustrations directly into the oak. Each line is drawn by hand, adding another layer of detail to the Distington Watery Walk sculptures. #WateryWalk #PublicArt

Colour staining is now underway for the Distington Watery Walk sculptures, while intricate pyrography patterns are being burned into the oak life cycle panels using a custom-made metal nib. 🎨 The five sculptures are getting closer to their outdoor home in Distington! 🌿 #WateryWalk #Cumbria

The Watery Walk sculptures are almost ready for their final finish 🌊✨

Daniel Weatheritt has assembled the five oak sculptures, adding precision bearings to help the cogs move smoothly. Next up: colour staining and oil varnishing to protect and enhance the oak. 🌿 #WateryWalk

A lot of the craft happens behind the scenes 🌊

Daniel Weatheritt has been adding oak spacers and braces to strengthen the Watery Walk sculptures, carefully joining the components together so they’re built to last outdoors. The details you don’t see are just as important. 🌿 #WateryWalk

Something exciting is taking shape in Distington! 🌿 Artist Daniel Weatheritt is putting the finishing touches to a new Watery Walk sculpture, inspired by ideas from Year 3 pupils at Distington Primary School. We can't wait to share it! 💙 #WateryWalk #PublicArt