Boston Flower Show March 2012

                                                         Water gardens with water wands...

                                                            metal sculpture in the flower bed

 

   Fanciful flower sculptures, made from metal tubing and aluminum wire, sparkle in steel containers. 

   One of the Wow Factors in "Up On The Roof" the show garden that won five awards, by Garden Design School.

Photos from Open Studio Garden Show, Brewster, MA

OPEN STUDIO & GARDEN SHOW

Saturday, September 17th looks like it'll be a stunning day for strolling among gardens interspersed with metal sculptures at Lauren's and my 

                                           OPEN STUDIO AND GARDEN SHOW
                                           September 17th,   3-7pm
                                           8 Clipper Way
                                           Brewster on the Cape
                                           Public Invited 

Antique farm containers from Vermont combined with metal sculptures transform container gardening into mini garden artscapes.  Great as focal point to a patio party.

Two gardens will be on display at 8 Clipper Way and 12 Clipper Way (next door to each other.)

Join us for a drink and a garden art stroll before your Saturday night activities!   See you then!

Garden Delight



Two of A Kind

What I have found in the gardens of Cape Cod is a vibrant array of colors that offer a stunning backdrop in which to "plant" my loopy metal flower bursts


...constructed of reclaimed aluminum cable and conduit, the sculptures are placed amongst the plants and flowers...


...it's my way of enticing you to come outside and play!




...

Strolling



Emerge



Dancing with Daisies, (detail)

Interconnection with nature

"My aim is to offer a way of re-imagining ourselves within nature, as part of nature, rather than separate from it, that's why I position the sculptures in amongst the plants and flowers, rather than on a pedestal."

The Nature Zone

The Nature Zone 

Click on the small print above (The Nature Zone) to view the video of the arundo harvest, and after school art workshops using the harvested reed to build ephemeral, nature sculptures.  Arundo donax is an invasive reed that is slurping up precious water from our desert rivers. Together we harvest it, and turn it into nature art--a good way to help the ecology while keeping ourselves creatively entertained!

Artist-in-Residence, Cape Cod, MA, 2011

          

                              Greetings from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Still following the 

trail left behind by the Boston Flower Show in March, which lead to a 3-week artist-in-residency here on the Cape. Hosts of the residency: Lauren Miklavic of La Vita Bella Garden Design and Mary Beth Sacramone, two art aficionadas from Wellesley, MA.

                              Two sculpture installations resulted from the residency, one at Stonegate Gardens, (photos above) in Lincoln, MA and one at Kennedys Country Gardens (photos below) in Scituate, MA.  These two picturesque nurseries are full of lush, inspiring garden ideas--definitely worth a visit!  Check out the metal tubular sculpture set into the plantscape while you're there.  Please tell them I referred you!

               

           

Flower burst of aluminum wire, me and the Koi

Assembling among the trees

Tucking metal tubing into the grass

 Sculpture laced into the landscape in front of the fish pond.