Greensboro and Guilford College have been graced with a Patrick Dougherty instillation. Dougherty combines his love of nature with carpentry skills to create organic sculptures with sticks. Dougherty, whose home base is Chapel Hill, NC, has been making these structures worldwide since about 1980. To date, he has made over 200. The one at Guilford College, constructed of locally-harvested saplings, is reminiscent of England's Stonhenge. It is twenty feet tall, round, maze-like and inviting to walk through. Stickhenge (our title) is installed in the very spot where the community enjoys MUSEP/Eastern Music Festival concerts on Sundays in the summer (see here).
Today is the first of the month which means theme day for the 1,500-ish City Daily Photo sites. The theme for March is "your favorite part of town." At Greensboro Daily Photo, we don't have a FAVORITE part of town, per se. Our favorite part of town changes based on what is happening and what we uncover. For March, we're picking Guilford College. This is such a dynamic campus that provides a quality education in a surrounding of old oak trees, brick buildings, great music and breathtaking art. Great thinking and creativity abound at Guilford College!
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I can't see this day end with no comments on your blog. Therefore, I would like to mention that Carnac in Brittany is older than Stonehenge, but mentioned less often. In your case, it is easier to do word play with the latter.
Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 11:20 PM
This is great! I've never seen sculpture from saplings.
Posted by: Dina | Wednesday, March 02, 2011 at 05:58 AM
These are wonderful! The video was interesting - thanks for including that link. It would be fun to watch him creating these architectural sculptures. I winder how long they stand, or does the elements take their toll on them?
Posted by: Lesley | Friday, March 04, 2011 at 07:19 AM
The sign there at the stickwork said the installation would be up for about a year, depending, I'm sure, on how well it holds up under the elements. I was so inspired by the artist that I wrote about him in my blog: http://newfangledangles.wordpress.com/.
Posted by: Celeste | Friday, August 05, 2011 at 10:56 PM