Wednesday 4.8

The photos below are from Wednesday morning.

Starting the 2nd Layer

It's windy and cold today, but no rain, so work is progressing at full speed. Patrick and the volunteers are on the scaffolding, working on the 2nd layer of the sculpture.

Stuck in the Mud

It's raining pretty steadily today, but the work continues as usual. The team went to gather more saplings and ended up getting the truck stuck in the mud!

Luckily, they used rocks and planks and got the truck free to take the saplings back to the site of the sculpture.

WRTI Interview

Listen to this interview with Patrick on Creatively Speaking, a program on radio station WRTI. Patrick talks about the process of creating his sculpture at the Arboretum, including how he develops the various layers of the sculpture, the materials he uses, and his inspiration. It's just over five minutes long.

http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/media/MorrisWRTI.mp3

After The First Week...

Here is the sculpture on Sunday, after a week of hard work.  Notice how the roof is being formed. 

It is very spacious and has windows to look in from the outside, or out from inside.

The picture below is from Saturday.  Notice how the sticks for the top are not bent into place yet.

And only one week ago, it looked like this!

Where Magazine

Patrick was featured as the "Tip of the Month" in Where magazine.

Day 5

The rainy weather today won't stop Patrick Dougherty! Patrick and his wet volunteers continue to work hard to twist the piles of branches into something that resembles a structure.