Alan Grimwood's 'Rabbit' was, I think, situated where the 'Red Sandstone Fox' can now be found, as though the latter came along and ate it. Although I never personally saw it, from the pictures I've seen it certainly has a mischievous, fun quality to it.

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Alan Grimwood explained the process of making 'Rabbit' in 'A Sense of Place':

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"During the summer of 1980 I worked as the sculptor-in-residence at Grizedale Forest. I arrived in June... I spent the first few weeks at Grizedale driving and walking through the forest. To work in strange surroundings can be hard, you feel like a tourist with no familiar objects around you. Although I am very disciplined about my time, my studio in London is very chaotic and messy, in fact I hate at all to be organised. The barn being clean and tidy was therefore a shock and it quickly became apparent to me that it was necessary to start work as soon as possible.

The forest was full of rabbits, so to make a giant rabbit seemed a good starting point. I found some large trunks and roughed them out with a chainsaw. The weather was so wet that I had to transport the wood back to the studio for the rest of the work to take place. The trunks were bolted together in sections, stained and protected with boat varnish. The final stages of construction, amid much speculation by the tourists, took place at the site I had chosen for the rabbit."

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Also by this artist:

Figure In A Pond 1980

Figure On Rollers 1980

Sheep and Dry Stone Wall 1980

Rabbit 2 1984