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at Belsay Hall, Northumberland

Slinkachu at Belsay Hall

One of several pieces  by Slinkachu  dotted around Belsay Hall as part of Extraordinary Measures  a wonderful collection of varied art works set in  aristocratic grounds in the  Northumberland countryside

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A sign warning of the dangers of the   ha-ha   at Belsay Hall and Castle in Northumberland

"from fairytale to nightmare"

"The young English artist Tessa Farmer has found a clearing in the quarry and filled it with macabre sculptures: a squirrel whose tail has turned into a cobweb trapping moths and iridescent beetles, skeletal fairies cannibalised from dead insects, butterflies and bees suspended from silk threads in a fluttering danse macabre.In this crepuscular bell jar of a clearing, the art is glass-cased like a Victorian spectacle, flora and fauna turning from fairytale to nightmare." laura Cumming , The Observer.  At Belsay Hall as part of Extraordinary measures

Tessa Farmer at Extraordinary Measures

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another flower picture from Belsay with a nod to Robert Mapplethorpe's flower shots

Belsay Flowers

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Belsay Hall was built from stone quarried in its own grounds; and it now has a wonderful 'quarry' garden in addition to its more formal garden near the Hall

Flowers at Belsay Hall

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A flower in the grounds of Belsay Hall, Northumberland

Extraordinary Measures at Belsay Hall

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A table for two. by Slinkachu, part of the Extraordinary Measures exhibition which runs until September 2010 at Belsay Hall, Northumberland

Belsay Hall interior

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Belsay Hall and Castle in Northumberland were the home of the Middleton family for more than seven centuries.

The family lived in the old castle and adjoining mansion until they moved into the new Belsay Hall on Christmas Day 1817 . The hall remained the residence of the Middletons until 1962 .

The new Hall was arranged round a central two-storey 'Pillar Hall' which can be seen here.
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