markerstones for the millennium

Fingers holding a grain of sand on the residency stone at Smerrill

Smerrill

inscription
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. - William Blake
proposer
Simon Gallcher
Sculptor
Amanda Wray
location
SK 20090 61714 Smerrill on the road to Elton
notes
Amanda's design made play on the pointing hands found on guide stoops across Derbyshire
The stone at Smerrill was carved during the Sculpture Residency in 2002.
Sculpture Residency