Dormant, 2010 - 
Preserving Space in Russ Pitman Park
by June Woest & Urban Artists
Wood whittled by hand and spoons carved by machine

For Preserving Space I collected broken branches from the floor of Russ Pitman Park and whittled their ends with a utility knife.  I am experimenting with the impossible task of bringing the dead back to life. I snipped the handles off some wooden spoons and drilled holes their size in the tree stems. The shallow reservoirs, the cups of the spoons, provide catching basins for rain water. My experiment appears to be working because the spoons and broken branches recognize each other's material nature. I ponder now whether the broken twigs on the forest floor might merely have been dormant, not dead. 

On View Now in Houston
March 28 - May 2 
7112 Newcastle 
Bellaire, TX 77401




Overheard

Which are you more interested in, native or hybrid? Senior Naturalist, Mary Ann Beauchemin


This is how spoons are grown. It also just happens to be their blooming season. Staff Naturalist, Eric Duran

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Thank You Urban Artists 

Glenn Rollins
Dan Sanford
Laurel Woest
Bob Woest
Claudia Franco
Gabriella Maldonado
Dan Daly

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