Frome Crop Circles

A massive American crop circle has appeared in America designed and created by the father of Crop Circles Rob Irving, of Keyford, he travelled all the way to California to create the wheat-based circle for rock band Korn for a massive concert they are producing.

Mr Irving and three of his colleagues from the local group circlemakers.org, John Lundberg, Wil Russell and Mark Barnes travelled over for a week at the end of June.

The circle took two days to create split into two stages and Mr Irving, who works as a researcher at the University of the West of England, in Bristol, said they worked in a sweltering 46C (115F) heat.

The circle comprises a series of small circles with the band's logo made out of wheat that was left standing.

Crop circles are traditionally made by using a stalker stomper,  a piece of wood, with rope attached that is stood on to create the wheat flattening effect.

Mr Irving said: "We were asked by the band to create the circle and got to know the band, particularly the lead singer Jonathan Davis. I'm an artist so making circles is part of my art practice but it was a harsh environment to work in. I'd vaguely heard of the band before we met them but now I love their music."

The band performed a secret gig in the crop circle which was published live on the internet.

Mr Irving is well travelled and creates crop circles for many great companies such as Nike, he said: "I've travelled to China, the Philippines, America and Mexico creating these complex geometries.

"It is a cool job, we had a great time in Bakersfield and the people were fantastic – though I am not sure what they made of us. When we finished we gave Jonathan the stalk stomper we used to create the circle."

Mr Irving will host an exhibition of photographs he has taken of people he has met on his travels at the Black Swan Gallery later this year.