In November of 2015, Patrick Dougherty of Stickwork was commissioned by the Hillsborough Arts Council to craft a sculpture for our Riverwalk. The saplings were sustainably harvested from the Ayr Mount Historic Site. In December of last year, the heavy snowfall damaged the original piece and it was finally taken down. I’m glad I got some photos of it. ~Vic
How wonderful that it did last another year! I am glad you mentioned all this, I just went back to go to his website you linked. I thought I clicked it to open in another window while I kept reading your post. Patrick’s work is astounding….WOW! I would love to walk around and through his artwork.
As many times as I walked thru our Riverwalk Castle, I was in awe of what he accomplished. The vision in an artist’s mind…I wish I had. I’m way too left-brained.
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June 4, 2019 at 8:03 AM
Amazing creation! Sad it couldn’t last forever…
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June 4, 2019 at 12:09 PM
I agree. The artist will tell you that their lifespan is around two years. This one lasted a little over three. His website is fascinating.
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June 4, 2019 at 12:34 PM
How wonderful that it did last another year! I am glad you mentioned all this, I just went back to go to his website you linked. I thought I clicked it to open in another window while I kept reading your post. Patrick’s work is astounding….WOW! I would love to walk around and through his artwork.
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June 4, 2019 at 5:13 PM
As many times as I walked thru our Riverwalk Castle, I was in awe of what he accomplished. The vision in an artist’s mind…I wish I had. I’m way too left-brained.
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June 4, 2019 at 8:07 PM
That is stunning. Could get so many stories out of that.
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June 4, 2019 at 11:30 AM
WOW! That is really neat!
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June 4, 2019 at 5:08 PM
He was very talented. He’s got structures all over the place.
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June 5, 2019 at 11:47 AM
Now that is cool. I love natural art. Imagine being a kid looking at that…play time!
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June 5, 2019 at 2:18 PM
Exactly. The kids loved it. But, the Arts Council had a sign up that said “No Climbing”. It wasn’t exactly sturdy, in the long term.
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June 5, 2019 at 2:39 PM
Yea it had to be tempting for them lol…heck it would be for me .
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