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INSECT & BIRD ARCHITECTURALS Created from carefully chosen remnants of the industrial world, the Insect & Bird Architecturals place the exoskeletal architecture of the sculpted insect and a bird's feathered patterns in juxtaposition to the strong vertical lines and machined metal forms of the base structure. The dialogue between architecture and nature that these sculptures represent remains the fundamental source of inspiration for my work. Placed outdoors and planted with an annual like sweet pea or clematis, they serve two masters; in winter, a sculpture to enliven the landscape, and in summer, a trellis clothed in green. Sculptor Gar Waterman is a native of New England who lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut and Sargentville, Maine. His sculpture in stone, bronze, and wood examines the intricate dynamic of texture, shape and color that exists in nature. Inspired by origins as diverse as bones, seeds, or life under the sea, the sculpture is a celebration of the complexity of the natural world and the beauty of the materials found therein. |
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