These show how the material used in a piece of art can change it's impact. If this structure was made from something non-living it wouldn't be as impressive. The fact that this tree has taken years to grow to this shape, or to be moulded to this shape, gives the piece more credibility and with this, I think, comes a greater respect for the piece itself.The link between nature and art is a formula that proves to work well. It seems that if you take nature out of its' original context then it becomes art. Nature should be irregular and random or at least behave in a certain way. Once we start moulding it to something different it can be considered art. Is this true with all things? If we set things to one purpose and display them in a unique way does this become art...?
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This is great. Love how much history there is in this photo, the fact that someone had to put a good 20 years worth of growing for this one outcome blows me away. It's all about thinking about the bigger picture, nice metaphor for this piece i reckon. I will start my own now then....
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