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A massive sculpture made from
thousands of woven saplings is located at Wegerzyn Gardens Metro Park
in Dayton Ohio. It’s called “A Wiggle in Its Walk,”
and visitors will find themselves both wiggling and walking as they
make their way around and inside the giant creation. Dougherty says
his serpentine structure, originally designed to slither in amongst
the bushes and trees, was inspired by Ohio's serpent mounds. Dougherty
said the sculpture turned out a little less snakelike and a little more
maze-like. The installation is one of 225 that the artist has created
at botanical gardens and museums throughout the United States and around
the world. |
| Above quote from http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/lifestyles/home-garden/sculpturemaze-to-open-today-at-wegerzyn/nMrG3/ |
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Dougherty says this is his
largest sculpture (as of this date); about 14 feet high and 200 feet
long. It is fashioned of three-and-a-half semi loads of black willows
harvested over a two-week period from Englewood’s North Park.
Dougherty had volunteers that helped to bundle and carry willow branches
and pounding willow uprights into the ground, then weaving and bending
the willows. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette each went their separate
ways in the maze and tried to surprise each other. They were surprised
that they were the only two people here on this date at this time. And
that made the experience so much more enjoyable. |
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Below: As Karen and Lee Duquette
wound their way through the twig maze, Karen Duquette was surprised
to see a big tree in the middle of the twig maze. |
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BELOW: On June 29, 2021, Lee and Karen Duquette enjoyed Patrick Dougherty's
art - for their second time. But this time it was at "The Old
Home Place"- (which was installed on May 2021) in front of
Maryland Hall in Annapolis, Maryland. The photos are different from
the ones above, so scroll down and enjoy.
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Below: Karen Duquette in the car on the way to Patrick Dougherty's
"The Old Home Place"
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Below: Lee and Karen Duquette, were visiting
their friends, The Sterns, who live in Maryland. What a surprise to
Barbara Stern who thought she was taking the two RV Gypsies to see something
new. Well, she was and she was not. After all, the pieces are by the
same artist, but not really the same. Continue on for more amazing art
by Patrick Dougherty. |
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Patrick Dougherty is a world-renowned sculpture who
has spent many years building monumental scale environmental works,
which require saplings by the truckload. It is said that his sculptures
can be seen from Scotland to Japan to Brussels, and all over the United
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Below: Lee Duquette and
Barbara Stern spent time walking the circular path shown below. |
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Below: Right near the Circular
path shown above, everyone was greeted by Mr. Chicken of the Dead Bones. |
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Below: The third time that Lee and Karen
Duquette came across an art display by Patrick Dougherty was at Daniel
Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, North Carolina on December 8, 2021.
It was a much smaller display, but just as amazing. |
