http://www.kew.org/galleries//Making-Black-Dome.htm A Kew.org Image Gallery Feed http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm <br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_064099?Rendition=Web' alt='Black Dome at Kew Gardens' title='Black Dome at Kew Gardens'/> http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm Black Dome was originally made to sit on the terraced lawn of Blackwell House in Cumbria.<br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_060194?Rendition=Web' alt='Black Dome at Blackwell House' title='Black Dome at Blackwell House'/> http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm Each piece of the work was carved with chainsaws and placed to produce layers of different heights.<br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_060466?Rendition=Web' alt='Photo of individual domes before charring' title='Photo of individual domes before charring'/> http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm Made of 70 pieces of charred oak, Black Dome echoes the slate tips surrounding Nash's home in Wales.<br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_060467?Rendition=Web' alt='Photo of the fire being prepared for Black Dome' title='Photo of the fire being prepared for Black Dome'/> http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm David Nash has made several Black Dome sculptures in his career, but most have been site-specific. This is the first 'travelling' Black Dome.<br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_060468?Rendition=Web' alt='Photo of Black Dome being charred' title='Photo of Black Dome being charred'/> http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/david-nash/index.htm Black Dome is made of 70 pieces of charred oak, and echoes the slate tips surrounding Nash's home in Wales.<br/><img src='http://www.kew.org/ucm/images/getimage/KPPCONT_060469?Rendition=Web' alt='A photo of a smouldering Black Dome' title='A photo of a smouldering Black Dome'/>