On the bluffs above Prescott, Wisconsin, some strange birds look out at the Mississippi River -- two nesting herons atop the antlers of an 8-point buck.
All materials for the sculpture came from clean-ups along the Mississippi and Minnesota River banks, 500 lbs. of it. It contains rusted car parts, headlights, pliers, a license plate, jumper cable clip, toy tractor, rubber cement bottle, rebar, shoes, gears, and scrap metal. The herons were constructed of tire tubes and garbage bags full of plastic water and pop bottles.
*I have no idea why my last post appeared again this morning all on its own. Thank you, Blogsy, but that was unnecessary! If I delete one, they both disappear, yet only one is listed in my posted blogs . . . . If anyone has any idea why, I would love to know!
The sculptor, Raina Belleau, is a Minnesota native. She was inspired to create the sculpture after a tornado destroyed nesting herons and their rookery in Minneapolis.
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I like those sculptures made out of trash.
ReplyDeleteInteresting sculptures made of useless stuff, but it's kind of hard to tell what it really is. As for the blog issue....who knows? It might be poltergeists?
ReplyDeleteObviously your previous post was so good they just had to repeat it. How creative of the artist to make something so good from rubbish.
ReplyDeleteI love the sculpture, its amazing how someone can make something wonderful out of rubbish.
ReplyDeleteCynthia, it is very interesting sculpture and so cheap/ And it promotes recycling..
ReplyDeleteThat is so beautiful particularly as it uses all the ugly stuff that we throw away!
ReplyDeleteNow that is a great way to recycle! Very interesting sculpture:)
ReplyDeleteWell - one way to get rid of junk - pleasing to some eyes, I suppose?
ReplyDeleteCould make a good nesting place for some enterprising bird species with feathers.
At least it would be more secure than tree branches in storms.
Colin
Now that is just the neatest thing I have seen in a while. Good use of all the mess we humans throw away.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great sculpture! I like the idea of using items considered to be trash, to complete the work :-)
ReplyDeleteWell that is certainly something different.
ReplyDeleteGreat sculpture, greater idea of using materials from clean-ups. I support anything done with a good cause. I love nature and I admire people who volunteer keeping it clean. In my country, (Philippines) there's a lot of products sold which materials used are from used plastics, newspapers and other biodegradable waste. I buy them whenever I go home, I don't really use them but at least in that way I can manifest my support.
ReplyDeleteAbout what happened to your post, It happenedvto me when I was reviewing old posts and I saw something wrong, I edited and as it was saved, it published itself although it was dated a year ago. I don't know if that's exactly the same case as yours.
Erratum: nobiodegradable
ReplyDeleteHmm, I like public art works, especially those using recycled materials - but I'm not sure about that one - I feel like I would have to see it in real life to say.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing sculptures made from trash rather than using new materials. There is this giant fish that hangs from the ceiling of my favorite salvage shop. It's made entirely from soda cans and while I have seen it several times I always take a moment to admire it and see something new in it.
ReplyDeleteWhen we take a road trip down the Wisconsin side we always stop at the wonderful little park!
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