The materials for your next project are just lying on the ground.
The Stick Sculpture Of Patrick Dougherty
Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn about primitive building techniques and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material beginning about 1980. He quickly moved from small single pieces on pedestals to monumental site-specific installations. To date he has built over two hundred twenty such massive sculptures all over the world. His home base is his handmade log home in Chapel Hill, NC.
Dougherty uses locally-grown branches and often recruits locals to help complete his works. www.stickwork.net
Close Ties, Dingwall, Scottish Highlands, 2006.
By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Photographer: Fin Macrae.
Sortie de Cave/Free at Last,
Jardin des Arts, Chateaubourg, France, 2008. By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
The Summer Palace
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.
By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Call of the Wild
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, 2002.
By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Photographer: Duncan Price.
Toad Hall
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA, 2005.
By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Sittin’ Pretty
South Carolina Botanical Gardens, Clemson, South Carolina, 1996.
By Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Photographer: David Lewis.
Patrick Dougherty. stickwork.net
Roundabout
Tallaght Community Art Center, Dublin, Ireland, 1997.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Crossing Over
American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1996.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Dennis Cowley.
Around the Corner
University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN, 2003.
By Patrick Dougherty. www.stickwork.net
Photographer: Doyle Dean.
The Stick Sculpture Of Jaakko Peru
Ground Beneath, Oulu 1996 – 99. 9.5 m. By Jaakko Pernu www.environmentalart.net
Jaakko Pernu was born in 1958 in Kälviä, Finland. He currently lives and works in the city of Kokkola. “My working techniques are a direct continuation of the traditional Finnish itch for ‘hands-on’ methods, in which, in one form or another, materials derived from nature were always used. I feel that my completed works can be a part of the defined art world of galleries or museums; however, they can also be within reach of the so-called man in the street, who might bump into the artworks by chance along unfamiliar paths. In that instance, you could say that the intuitive ball of comprehension has been thrown to the viewer.” Some in process images here: www.environmentalart.net
For the Big Family, 2006. By Jaakko Pernu. www.environmentalart.net
Beacon, 2002. 4.5 m www.environmentalart.net
Organ of Hearing, Fiskars 1999 – 03. By Jaakko Pernu www.environmentalart.net
Flux by Jaakko Pernu
The Stick Sculpture of Jenni Tieaho
Jenni Tieaho lives and works in Uusimaa, Finland. “My work tells stories about the Finnish forest, lakes, the mossy mountains and vast open fields, in an often folkloric, mystical and magical way. Pine needles, pinecones, hay, moss, the roots of plants or the tree bark weave into stories in which are hidden the powerful expression of nature. They express various human feelings, longing, closeness, hurt and belonging. Exploration and adventure are the making of art, also a part of me as a person. Art as a way of life is a playful interaction for human beings. It is a language with which I communicate with my own surroundings.” environmentalart.net
Unen Silta by Jenni Tieaho. environmentalart.net
Flame by Jenni Tieaho
Tree Bark Snow Foals by Jenni Tieaho
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Silent by Jenni Tieaho
More Fantastic Stick Sculpture
The Nest by Nils-Udo.
Earth, stones, birch branches, grass, Lüneburg Heath, Germany, 1978. greenmuseum.org
Listen…2003
Locally reclaimed birch logs, plaster hand casts,
9′ x 6″ x 16′ by Olga Ziemska.
olgaziemska.com
Heartwood rabbit, 2011
Wood, adhesive, enamel, fiberglass by Olga Ziemska.
olgaziemska.com
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By Jonathan Brilliant
The Goldsworthy of the coffee shop uses coffee stir sticks, the seven inch birch ones from Starbucks, which have the appropriate bend and weave-ability. “In his ongoing series of work, Jonathan continues to explore his sense that the coffee shop and related consumer environs are more organic and nurturing than the ‘real’ natural environment.” jonathanbrilliant.com
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Jonathan Brilliant
No glue or other adhesive is used. The sculptures are created entirely in situ using only tension and compression, so therefore the pieces are not permanent. jonathanbrilliant.com
Treehugger at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Treehugger Project, by Agnieszka Gradzik and Wiktor Szostalo, is an ongoing work of environmental art made from twigs, branches, vines, and other natural materials in the shape of human figures hugging trees. The works represent the artists’ ongoing mission to help people rediscover their relationship with nature. pratt.edu
Stillness by Olga Ziemska
olgaziemska.com
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Otters Moors Centre, Yorkshire by Emma Stothard
northyorkmoors.org.uk
Twig Chandeliers
By Deanna Wish Designs
New Castle, PA
Lots of styles to choose from: deannawish.com
Your stick scluptures are pure magic! What a delight for the spirit! I am inspired to create! Thank you!
Absolutely amazing. Love the horses
The stick art was amazing and intrigued me to want to make something new myself. I have made ships and things from driftwood and absolutely loved this art. Thank you for the journey through them. Awoke my im.
agination
There is something about that medium that is simply captivating. Thanks for the beautiful post. Inspiring.
WOW! incredible! Very inspiring!
Well, I’m inspired! What a good thing to do with yard clean up waste.
That is just so awesome – makes me want to go out to my ‘back 40’ and start collecting branches! What I have most is wild rose bushes – wouldn’t that be gorgeous! Sounds like a fun spring project to me. Thank you for the inspiration.
Awesome. Motivational tool for my high school art students during the planning for a nature sculpture involving sticks and twigs.
Simply breathtaking
great work
Unbelievable art form….can’t imagine how much time it must take to make any one of these creations!!!!! I love them all
Unbelievable art form….can’t imagine how much time it must take to make any one of these creations!!!!! I love them all, Ya this coming from a retart.
the organic forms reach deeply into my artistic core. I love them. My sculpture will change now that I have felt this work.