Last week we went back to the Arb and had the chance to see the finished product. The completed work is expected to be left standing in place for at about two years. Should be fun to see it this winter covered in fresh snow.
Right now some of the Maple and Willow branches and saplings have starting leafing out again, despite the fact that they were just cut off and stuck into the ground.
Gives it an interesting added texture.
I like to think that there’s another plant on the other side of town that’s producing a fleet of all black trucks.
And one of these days…
Just too cute for words.
It seems like I’m on a bike kick lately. So be it. You are what you eat.
The police painted this little masterpiece on the street last week about a half mile West of the ghost bike I wrote about just a little while ago.
Skid marks 42 feet long on a road posted 25 miles per hour.
Looks like maybe just a stick figure got hit this time though…
We have a name for this.
We call it the fast food bandit.
Little piles of burger wrappers, ketchup packets, napkins and soda containers appearing curbside like magic in the night.
Only two days left until the Big Build project is finished.
One thing that really struck me over the last three weeks was just how good Patrick is with people. Being gregarious is always a big bonus in any collaborative process, but it seems that through making people feel welcome, comfortable and appreciated, he creates a direct and positive impact on the spirit and quality of work that the volunteers physically contribute to the sculpture.
Oh, and a little sunshine doesn’t hurt either…
Despite some pretty rotten weather, work is moving along nicely on Patrick Dougherty’s “Big Build” installation at the Arboretum. If you follow the link, there’s a web cam option to take a fresh look at the work in progress.
Here’s a project I volunteered to help with out at the University Of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum this spring. The finished art work will be a large scale stick sculpture by Patrick Dougherty. The photo here shows the second day at noon, with just the first few willow branches being woven into the work (You can click on the image to enlarge.)
I picked one volunteer shift each of the three weeks that the project will take. Should be interesting to watch it evolve and come together.
Sometimes it’s not the photograph I take that ends up being the point of the posting. I could capture a more interesting shot than this one, and I probably will some time down the road. At moments like this it’s all about the concept that the photo represents, the thoughts it evokes and the places that it leads to.
A ghost bike like this one is placed as a memorial to a rider who died on the streets. This particular one is just East of Snelling and Summit here in St. Paul Minnesota, and marks the spot where Virginia Heuer, age 51, was run down and killed by an SUV. I pass it on my bike a couple times each week.
Share the road. Drive safe.
I had to post one last look at the Franconia Sculpture Park