tree roof

Tree Roof

Imi Hwangbo, sculpture professor, suggested that I build one of my big tree pieces inside. Hmm, well, I had been thinking of the relationship between truss bridges and trees. If I could find a huge fallen tree, I could cut up all the Y’s of the tree into ten-foot sections and then bolt them together into upside down tripods? Could I work them into my exit show coming up in the museum?
It turns out that my friend Rick Herzog had a huge tree come down in his next door neighbor’s yard.

Interesting, Robert Stackhouse recently had my slides out on a slide table and was discussing my artwork. He moved them around like Tarot cards and began the story. He said you are making large architectural skeletal pieces that are about being in danger. These vortexes are unsafe places: huge waves, bonfires and tornadoes. Yet, the viewer can approach and stand in and under them safely. This is what you are doing.

I finished with an upside down rusty roof suspended by the giant walking trees.

The viewer walks under this giant belly, surrounded by massive hunks of tree bolted into place.

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	Imi Hwangbo, sculpture professor, suggested that I build one of my big tree pieces inside. Hmm, well, I had been thinking of the relationship between truss bridges and trees. If I could find a huge fallen tree, I could cut up all the Y’s of the tree into ten-foot sections and then bolt them together into upside down tripods? Could I work them into my exit show coming up in the museum? It turns out that my friend Rick Herzog had a huge tree come down in his next door neighbor’s yard. Interesting, Robert Stackhouse recently had my slides out on a slide table and was discussing my artwork. He moved them around like Tarot cards and began the story. He said you are making large architectural skeletal pieces that are about being in danger. These vortexes are unsafe places: huge waves, bonfires and tornadoes. Yet, the viewer can approach and stand in and under them safely. This is what you are doing. I finished with an upside down rusty roof suspended by the giant walking trees. The viewer walks under this giant belly, surrounded by massive hunks of tree bolted into place.







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