Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Andy Goldsworthy Official Website ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Andy Goldsworthy](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/) - Andy Goldsworthy is an international artist based in Scotland - [Archive](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/archive/) - One work each month - [Dead Hazel Sticks](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/dead-hazel-sticks/) - Dead Hazel Sticks Dead hazel sticks Wedged between two parts of a broken boulder Stockholm, 3 July 2026 - [Icicle Wall](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/icicle-wall/) - Icicle Wall Icicle WallMade over two daysFinishing before sunrise on the second dayDumfriesshire 17, 18 January 2024 - [Colebrook Quarry Rain Shadow](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/colebrook-quarry-rain-shadow/) - Colebrook Quarry Rain Shadow Colebrook Quarry Rain Shadow.Tasmania 28 February 2024 - [Passage, Hawaii](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/passage-hawaii/) - Passage, Hawaii Passage, Hawaii. March 2023 Six weeks of cutting, chiselling and grinding volcanic rock.Stonework by Andy Goldsworthy, Gordon Wilton, Jason Wilton. - [Two of Twelve Shadows](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/two-of-twelve-shadows/) - Two of Twelve Shadows Two of twelve shadowsMade between 16 – 20 January 2023Dumfriesshire An oak tree that I pass by most days and have worked with many times. The tree last produced leaves in 2021. It fell on January 15 of this year. It has been a privilege to see this tree grow old - [Hedge Walk](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/hedge-walk/) - Hedge walk Hedge Walk Test (Jake's Rake) Hedge Walk test (Jake’s Rake). Planted March 2021Filmed June 202340m longMachine operator – Euan KennedyConstruction, planting and maintenance – Fife Gibson, Andy Goldsworthy, Winston Osmond. Hedge Walk, Holzhausen HEDGE WALKHawthorns have been planted at either side of an approximately 180m long ditch – dug between two fields on a - [Red Flag, 2020 - 2024](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/red-flag-2020-2024/) - Red Flag, 2020 - 2024 2020 2023 2024 Remains of a flag stained with earths from all fifty states of the USAHoisted 11 November 2020 Filmed at dawn 6 November 2024 Before loweringOn a dark day that was dismal, overcast and raining - [For Andrew McKinna](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/for-andrew-mckinna/) - For Andrew McKinna A day of walking hills and working with bracken. In memory of Andrew McKinna who was my assistant for several years. Together we made the three chambers at Clougha Pike, Lancashire – a work that led to the chamber at Job’s Well at Rosedale, the place where I was working when I - [Stone Edges](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/stone-edges/) - Stone Edges Stone Edges. Dumfriesshire, 31 May and 6 June 2025 - [Fifty Years](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/fifty-years/) - Fifty Years Fifty Years – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 26 July – 2 November, 2025 Installation - [Seaweed, Grass and Ferns](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/seaweed-grass-and-ferns/) - Seaweed, Grass and Ferns Seaweed, Grass and Ferns Maine and Massachusetts August 2025 - [Dock Nettle Oak](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/dock-nettle-oak/) - Dock, Nettle, Oak Last year’s dock stalksHeld with thorns to fallen oakCalmDumfriesshire, 8 April 2025 Dock stalksUsed remains of previous work that had been blown over and trampled by sheepPushed into the rotted surface of fallen oak treeCalmDumfrisshire,15 April 2025 Old nettle stalksPushed into rotted outer layer of fallen oakEarly morningCalmDumfriesshire, 22 and 29 April - [Fleece](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/fleece/) - Fleece Fleece. Drawn along the eroded edge of riverbank. On a perfectly clear sunny calm day. Dumfriesshire, 15 March 2025 - [Twelve Sheep Paintings](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/twelve-sheep-paintings/) - Twelve Sheep Paintings Twelve sheep paintings Two of which will be on show at the RSA On the curved walls of the sculpture gallery in July Drumlanrig Castle, February 2025 - [White Pines](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/white-pines/) - White pines White pines Drawn with snow Maine 15 – 17 January 2025 - [Nine Fireweed Drawings](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/nine-fireweed-drawings/) - Nine Fireweed Drawings FireweedShaped by the wind into ridged twists and curvesThe thin end of one pushed into the wider hollow end of anotherHeld with thorns where stalks crossedTo make drawings in the sky and then on my studio wall. December 1, 2024 – January 2, 2025 - [Sand Edges](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/sand-edges/) - Sand Edges Sand brought to an edgeTo catch light from the rising sunThen watched it change until midday Long Island, 11 October 2024 - [Three Sand Works](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/three-sand-works/) - Three Sand Works Three sand works. Long Island, September 2024 - [Nettle Stalks](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/nettle-stalks/) - Nettle Stalks Last year’s nettle stalks.Pinned with thorns to the upturned root of fallen oak. Dumfriesshire, 1 May 2024 Nettle stalks reworked.Held with thorns to the shadow side of fallen oak.Made in the hope that the sky would clear and the sun break through.Which it did. Dumfriesshire, 9 May 2024 - [Nettle Stalks Wall](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/nettle-stalks-wall/) - Nettle Stalks Wall Nettle Stalks Wall Dumfriesshire, 17 April 2024 - [Stone Sea Passage](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/stone-sea-passage/) - Stone Sea Passage Quarry Drawings Site Completed Work Stone Sea Passage. MONA, Tasmania 2024 Stonework – Edd Smith, Gordon Wilton, Jason Wilton, Andy Goldsworthy, Ben EssexStone extraction and cutting – Wayne Carnes, Adam Bone, Mark Mundy, Craig DennySupport crew – Colin Cashion, Allan Harloft, Steve Doyle, Toutai Havea, Paula Pua, Zacharia N’Guni, Michael MyersStone research - [Two Shadows](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/two-shadows/) - Two Shadows There are about two weeks in autumn and two weeks in spring when the sun rises directly through the door of my studio. During lockdown (when so many people spent time staring at walls) I stood, standing still for just over an hour, as the sun rose behind me, and my shadow projected - [Rockweed](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/rockweed/) - Rockweed Lying in rockweedCompass Harbour, MaineAugust, September 2023 During the making of Road Line, I would, whenever possible, go to the shore, cover myself in rockweed and disappear. I would look at the sky through a lattice-work of rockweed that covered my face, listen to it crackle, be nibbled at by crabs, breathing heavily after - [Road Line](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/road-line/) - Road Line Road Line has been informed by my work on the east coast of America where there is still an active granite industry that produces, amongst other things, curb stones. Often unnoticed, these sinuous lines are an expression of human and geological movement. I say geological because granite is fire-formed, and so was at - [Hands](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/hands/) - Hands ThistleNettleDockRagwortWheatOatsBarleyHand Dumfriesshire July 2023 - [Split Oak Wood](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/split-oak-wood/) - Split Oak Wood Windfallen oak branches.Stacked between two fallen trunks of what had once been a single tree.Oak trees, grown from acorns collected nearby will be planted below the tree so that as the stack and tree decay, new oaks will grow. Thanks to Fife Gibson who helped collect branches, strip them of bark and - [Two lines made with wool](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/two-lines-made-with-wool/) - Work added each month Two Lines Made With Wool Two lines made with woolShed from sheepCollected from nearby fields 3 and 12 May, Dumfriesshire - [Wool cast off by sheep](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/wool-cast-off-by-sheep/) - Wool cast off by sheep Wool cast off by sheepCollected from fieldsLaid on three gravestones in three graveyardsOn calm sunny days Dumfriesshire 28 May, 21 and 24 June 2026 - [Grass Laid on a Gravestone](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/grass-laid-on-a-gravestone/) - Grass Laid on a Gravestone Grass laid on a gravestoneBecoming calmer as I worked around the edge of the stoneOne side at a time Wind returning as I finished Blowing the grass off the stone Returned the following dayCalm to begin with but the wind soon picked upPlaced old nettle and dock stalks on top of the - [Wave and 36 Kelp Throws](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/wave-and-36-kelp-throws/) - Wave Maine, August – September 2025 Construction Project management – Devin Conner, Alexa KellyStone setting – Devin Connor, Michael Dewey, Alexa Kelly, Edd SmithCrane operation – Braden Ryder Site assistant – Qwin CuteStone fabrication – Le Masurier, Massachusetts Thirty-Six Kelp Throws Maine, 15 September 2025 - [Boulder Field](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/boulder-field/) - Boulder Field Boulder Field, MassachusettsCompleted December 2025 It is by chance that three projects, Boulder Field, Stone Field and Gravestones, are coming to fruition at the same time. Each work has made its own journey to reach this moment. The paths that they have taken go way back. Making these three works alongside each other - [Stones drawn through a tree](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/stones-drawn-through-a-tree/) - Stones drawn through a tree Stones drawn through a tree California 27, March 2026 Stone line extended, 22 April 2026 - [Two Lines](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/two-lines/) - Two Lines 1448 Stones Making Completed 1448 stones Laid in a line 1202 feet (366 metres) longCalifornia 2026 ConstructionStone setting – Edd Smith and Jason Wilton Labouring – Abdias Vicente, Yonatan Lopez, Gregor Black Machine operator – Ferdie Kelly Project management Edd Smith, Ferdie Kelly, Garrett Mitchell. Cheryl Haines Contour 436 Making Completed Contour - [Fireweed Stalks](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/fireweed-stalks/) - Fireweed stalks and thorns. Held between to alders. Calm. Dumfriesshire, 2 February 2026 - [Barbed Wire Icicles](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/barbed-wire-icicles/) - Barbed Wire Icicles Worked at nightPouring river water on to the barbs on barbed wireTo make iciclesDumfriesshire. 4, 5 January 2026 - [For Olle](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/for-olle/) - For Olle Elm leavesGrass stalks Fallen elm Dumfriesshire, November 2025 For Olle Lundberg 1954 – 2025 Foreword to Olle Lundberg: An Architecture of Craft published by Princeton Architectural Press and Chronicle Books, October 2025 The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. Jacob Bronowski In 2004 I installed Scripps Cairn at The Scripps Research - [Two Dandelion Works](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/two-dandelion-works/) - Two Dandelion Works Dumfriesshire, 1 and 11 May 2025 - [Privacy Notice](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/privacy-notice/) - This privacy notice tells you what to expect when the Andy Goldsworthy website collects personal information. It applies to information collected about visitors to the web… - [Yellow and Blue](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/yellow-and-blue/) - Thrown in support of Ukraine, made with Joel, my eleven-year-old son. Fearful of the world that he will grow up in, and the world that I will grow old in. - [Four More Wool Works](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/four-more-wool-works/) - Four More Wool Works Wool gate Dumfriesshire, 1 July 2024 Wool Gate reworked Made early morning. Calm. Watched for several hours as the wind picked up and wool blew off. Until the farmer came by and needed to get into the field. Dumfriesshire, 7 July 2024 Wall pointed with wool Dumfriesshire, 10 July 2024 Wool dipped - [Preparing for Fifty Years](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/preparing-for-fifty-years/) - Preparing for FIFTY YEARS Exhibition at the RSA, Edinburgh opening 26 July 2025 Curated by Patrick Elliott assisted by Tor Scott, National Galleries of Scotland - [Four Wool Works](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/four-wool-works/) - Four Wool Works WoolCollected from surrounding fieldsMarked by farmers with colours to identity sheep. Dumfriesshire 11 June 2024 WoolCast off by sheepWrapped around a line of oak branchesBeneath oak treesAlongside a fence walked past by sheep Dumfriesshire, 14 June 2024 Sheep hurdle Found caught on rocks in riverbedCovered in wool, cast off from sheep in nearby - [Ice Laid on Fallen Oaks](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/ice-laid-on-fallen-oaks/) - Ice laid on fallen oaks Ice laid on fallen oaks.Dumfriesshire, December 2023 - [Three River Works](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/three-river-works/) - Three River Works. Tapping, Red Stone, Red Splash - [Drawing Mole Hills](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/drawing-mole-hills/) - Drawing Mole Hills 10 February 2023 10 February 2023 6 February 2023 4 February 2023 4 February 2023 29 January 2023 29 January 2023 9 February 2022 2 February 2022 19 January 2021 19 January 2021 18 January 2021 27 March 2018 Made between March 2018 and February 2023Dumfriesshire - [Thorn Stone](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/thorn-stone/) - Thorns frozen to stone. 13 December 2022. Dumfriesshire. Andy Goldsworthy - [Blackberry hand](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/blackberry-hand/) - Blackberry Hand. Video. Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 27 August 2022 - [Standing Still at Dawn](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/standing-still-at-dawn/) - Standing still at dawn in my studio Single shot, unedited video Duration 1 hour and 10 minutes 10 October 2022 - [Stone Dust](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/stone-dust/) - Stone dust. Thrown at sunrise on a calm morning. Kona, Hawaii For Alan Lewis 1948 - 2022 - [Ebenezer](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/ebenezer/) - Ebenezer, completed September 2022. Hanging Stones, North Yorkshire - [Iron](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/iron/) - Iron. Rising out of the ground in the valley below. Collected and painted onto a dead Hawthorn tree. Photographed over two days. Hanging Stones, North Yorkshire - [Five-Ten](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/five-ten/) - Five-Ten. New Hampshire, May 2022 - [Firehouse](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/firehouse/) - Exhibition and installation at Fort Mason, San Francisco to mark thirty years of collaboration between Haines Gallery and Andy Goldsworthy. - [Red Flags](https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/red-flags/) - Installation at Galerie Lelong, New York of flags stained with red earths from all fifty States of the US. Previously flown at Rockefeller Centre September 2020.