There is a lot to be said for imagination. My good friend Roberta Garrett sent these photos to me and I thought you would really enjoy them. We as artists need to see how others express their creativity. You may have seen these before but they are still candy to the eye.
Bet you will never look at a stick again without thinking of sculpture.
Enjoy!
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Close Ties, Dingwall, Scottish Highlands, 2006.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Fin Macrae.
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Sortie de Cave/Free at Last,
Jardin des Arts, Chateaubourg, France, 2008. By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
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The Summer Palace
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
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Call of the Wild
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, 2002.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Duncan Price.
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Toad Hall
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA, 2005.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
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Sittin’ Pretty
South Carolina Botanical Gardens, Clemson, South Carolina, 1996.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: David Lewis.
Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
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Roundabout
Tallaght Community Art Center, Dublin, Ireland 1997.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
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Crossing Over
American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1996.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Dennis Cowley.
Patrick Dougherty uses locally grown branches and often recruits locals to help complete his works. www.stickwork.net
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Around the Corner
University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN, 2003.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Doyle Dean.
Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn about primitive building techniques and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material beginning about 1980. He quickly moved from small single pieces on pedestals to monumental site-specific installations. To date he has built over two hundred twenty such massive sculptures all over the world. His home base is his handmade log home in Chapel Hill, NC.
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Ground Beneath, Oulu 1996 – 99. 9.5 m, by Jaakko Pernu www.environmentalart.net
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For the Big Family, 2006, by Jaakko Pernu. www.environmentalart.net
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Beacon, 2002. 4.5 m www.environmentalart.net
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Organ of Hearing, Fiskars 1999 – 03 by Jaakko Pernu www.environmentalart.net
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Flux by Jaakko Pernu
Jaakko Pernu was born in 1958 in Kälviä, Finland, he currently lives and works in the city of Kokkola. “My working techniques are a direct continuation of the traditional Finnish itch for “hands-on” methods, in which in one form or another, materials derived from nature were always used. I feel that my completed works can be a part of the defined art world of galleries or museums; however, they can also be within reach of the so-called man in the street, who might bump into the artworks by chance along unfamiliar paths. In that instance, you could say that the intuitive ball of comprehension has been thrown to the viewer.” Some in process images here: www.environmentalart.net
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Unen Silta by Jenni Tieaho. www.environmentalart.net
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Flame by Jenni Tieaho
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Tree Bark Snow Foals by Jenni Tieaho
Jenni Tieaho lives and works in Uusimaa, Finland. “My work tells stories about the Finnish forest, lakes the mossy mountains and vast open fields, in an often folkloric, mystical and magical way. Pineneedles, pinecones, hay, moss, the roots of plants or the tree bark weave into stories in which are hidden the powerful expression of nature. They express various, human feelings, longing, closeness, hurt and belonging. Exploration and adventure are the making of art, also a part of me as a person. Art as a way of life is a playful interaction for human beings. It is a language with which I communicate with my own surroundings.” www.environmentalart.net
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By Jonathan Brilliant
The Goldsworthy of the Coffee shop uses coffee stir sticks, the seven inch birch ones from Starbucks, which have the appropriate bend and weave-ability. ‘In his ongoing series of work, Jonathan continues to explore his sense that the coffee shop and related consumer environs are more organic and nurturing than the “real” natural environment.’ jonathanbrilliant.com
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Jonathan Brilliant
No glue or other adhesive is used, the sculptures are created entirely in situ using only tension and compression, so therefore the pieces are not permanent. jonathanbrilliant.com
Treehugger at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
“Treehugger Project” by Agnieszka Gradzik and Wiktor Szostalo is an ongoing work of environmental art made from twigs, branches, vines, and other natural materials in the shape of human figures hugging trees. The works represent the artists’ ongoing mission to help people rediscover their relationship with nature. www.pratt.edu
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Silent by Jenni Tieahon of Finland.
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Otters Moors Centre, Yorkshire by Emma Stothard
www.northyorkmoors.org.uk