Gathering branches surrounding a tree, artists Agnieszka Gradzik and Wiktor Szostalo use the organic material to create wicker-people that embrace the tree. That’s right, these figures are literally, tree huggers. Rather than something out of a sixties, however, the sculptures tend to resemble people from a timeless international population. At the recent 2008 UN Conference on Climate Change in Poland, visitors could stand in line with several wicker-people in an exhibit entitled “Lonely Tree, Lonely People” — all waiting for its chance to show some limb-y love to the symbolically lone tree. Though its creators are based in St. Louis, Missouri, the Tree Hugger Project has a population that spans the globe.
I love this work! So fun and thoughtful…and natural. Everyone should hug a tree every now and then.
These are great ideas!
This is brilliant!
I found an article about screening for green. Making companies document every resource used in their products. It’s great.
http://www.chdmag.com/daily-finds/2009/02/09/certifying-green-products-down-to-the-ingredient-level