‘Reconnected’ Sculptures Turn Felled Trees Into Outdoor Art

Reconnected 1 by Philippe Handford

Artist Philippe Handford turned trees that had been illegally cut down in a forest in Northwest England into a pair of beautiful sculpture installations for the 2012 Pendle Sculpture Trail. In the sculpture “Reconnected 1,” Handford connected a tree back to its stump with a spine-like armature of cross-sectioned logs. In “Reconnected 2,” Handford connected a cluster of four tree stumps with two cross-sectioned log arches. The Pendle Sculpture Trail marked the 400th anniversary of the trials and executions of the Pendle witches.

Reconnected 2 site specific

Reconnected 1

Reconnected 1

photos by Philippe Handford

via Kuriositas

E.D.W. Lynch
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