Landscaping and mobiles
Me and my assistant and Mobile-13.
Photo by Katie Douglass
It does make gentle wood on wood sounds when moving. I used branches cut or fallen at Redwoodtwig Art Garden Studios (RAGS). It requires a circle about 12 feet in diameter. video at https://youtu.be/-Ka2-m69q1Q
Final version 8 August. The top branch on this one is dogwood from here. The two large driftwoods on the sides were collected by Sam up near St. Louis somewhere. The lighter colored one may be red cedar; I added two stones to it. The darker colored one had rocks embedded in it. The bottom piece was also from Sam's trip and is also apparently red cedar. The pair of little ones are driftwood I've had for a long time. I think they are from when I was in Europe, though possibly from the Potomac or Lake Michigan. I think it weighs about 10 pounds, if that.
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This narrow but reasonably level space has bald cypress to the north and a small crab apple and a large ash to the south.
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This area just north of the barn is one of the most level spots on the property, pretty much the top of the hill. Currently not very useful as a studio area, unless a cage is desired. That's a former rabbitry built with dog pen panels.
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The mint is growing on the other side of the bald cypress where it's skirts touch the ground. A hammock will fit nicely between these two, and if there's any breeze at all, it quite pleasant in the shade here.
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the Guardian Pine is a vertical studio
Not very many performance artists who visit can resist climbing up this one.
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This open space under a full forest canopy is nicely shaded all day long. However, lightbeams do illuminate some parts brightly when the sun is shinning bright.
keenan did much of the building work: took out logs and put in the scrap paper he'd sorted out from the trash. On top of those put in couple big logs. Then the contents of the compost bin. Then greenery and dirt and a layer of wood chips. then the rest of the branches that were in there, more dirt, another load of wood chips. Want two or three more big logs and a slew of smaller branches, followed by grass clippings, leaves, some dirt and then wood chips.
I gave him the corners to fill with the blocks and here he's been digging out where they will go. Once laid out, will pull up and put a layer of gravel and such underneath. I want the surfacce to be at least an inch above the surrounding ground. And also a drain down the middle.
The first step is too high because need the area in front of it low enough to drain water. Overall looks pretty amatuerish, should be redone using cement, and in fact should be able to do that fairly easily to the cinder block steps. the bottom RR tie has two rebar stakes holding it in place.
In the dry dirt under the overhang of the south deck there's a couple colonies of this kind of spider. Probably putting a bit of a hurt on the ant population.
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