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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; 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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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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The two RV Gypsies each went
a separate way as they walked through the twig maze and they tried to
sneak up on each other. |
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 BELOW:The
two RV Gypsies' second time they enjoyed
Patrick Dougherty's art - This time at "The Old Home Place"-
in Annapolis, Maryland - June 29, 2021
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What a surprise to Barbara Stern who
thought she was taking the two RV Gypsies to see something new. Well,
she was and she wasn't. After all, the pieces are by the same artist,,
but not really the same. |
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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. His sculptures can be seen
from Scotland to Japan to Brussels, and all over the United States.
On June 29, 2021, The two RV Gypsies went with their friends Barbara
and Bob Stern to see "The Old Home Place", installed
in front of Maryland Hall in Annapolis, Maryland in May 2021. There
are no tickets or registration require to visit the sculpture. For more
information on Patrick Dougherty, visit https://www.marylandhall.org/galleries/exhibitions-calendar/patrick-dougherty-installation/ |
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Lee Duquette and Barbara
Stern spent time walking the circular path shown below. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies visited Daniel
Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, NC on December 8, 2021 and were surprised
by a smaller art display by Patrick Dougherty. |
