The Upper Crust
The strange shapes lurching over the pollarded trees of Civic Center Plaza are not homeless shelters — they are an “environmental sculpture installation,” entitled The Upper Crust, by Patrick Dougherty. The eight-foot tall structures are made of 18,000 lbs. of willow saplings interwoven into the sycamore trees. No fastenings were used; instead, the saplings were bent and twisted through the branches.
The installation will run through November.
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Posted: April 14th, 2009 under art.
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Comment from Georgia
Time: April 18, 2009, 5:07 pm
No interference with leaf and stem growth?
Comment from xensen
Time: April 18, 2009, 7:28 pm
@ Georgia. Well sure, but after all these trees are pollarded.
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