Keith Ackerman
Jacob’s Ladder

Jacob’s Ladder is a sculpture by Keith Ackerman which forms the centrepiece for an area of amenity space bounding Tunstall Road South Leeds. Jacob’s Ladder is a story that occurs in The Bible, The Qu’ran and The Torah that symbolises a physical connection between Earth and Heaven. There can also be a secular reading for the sculpture with the idea of steps to improvement.

This sculpture has been created using the technique of direct carving, a traditional method of sculpting stone by hand, from locally sourced limestone, thereby making a connection physically and conceptually with the bedrock of the local area.

"Stone is the direct link to the heart of the matter - a molecular link. When I tap it, I get an echo of that which we are. Then the whole universe has resonance." Isamu Noguchi