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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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Below: Dougherty says this
is his largest sculpture; 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: The two RV Gypsies each went their separate ways
in the maze and tried to surprise each other. They were amazed 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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As the two RV Gypsies 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: Then the two RV Gypsies walked
through the nearby Wet Woods area. |
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As the two RV Gypsies walked
the boardwalk through the area labeled as the wet woods area, it was
obvious that there was no water in sight. |
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The beautiful botanical
gardens area |
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A water fountain with green
bubbling water. |
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Below: Karen Duquette liked
the delicate interaction of the tree's limbs and the way they intertwined
with each other. The tree was labeled Fagus Silvatica. |
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Below: Karen Duquette in a beautiful
garden area. |
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The outside and inside of
a cave |
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Several large planters shaped
like animals. |
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Lee Duquette played the
different musical instruments in the Music Maze area. |
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Another musical instrument: This one played music when
Lee gave it a spin.
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The Dayton Playhouse is on
the same grounds. The two RV Gypsies would have liked to have seen a
play here, but nothing was playing until Friday, and they would no longer
be in this area come Friday. |
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