Finnish Artist Jaakko Pernu Uses Tree Branches To Make Huge Public Sculptures

Working with locally-source, natural materials, environmental artist <a title="Jakko Pernu Reorganizes Tree Branches Into Huge Public Sculptures" href="http://www.environmentalart.net/pernu/" target="_blank">Jaakko Pernu</a> creates impressive, large-scale public sculptures. Because they're exposed to the elements, his huge sculptures change daily, following nature's rhythms. Surreal, big and gorgeous, Pernu's sculptures are hard to miss on the streets and in parks of <a title="Jakko Pernu Reorganizes Tree Branches Into Huge Public Sculptures" href="http://oulu.ouka.fi/english/" target="_blank">Oulu</a>, Finland.

Jakko Pernu´s land art are large scale and inspired in the artist´s childhood while growing up in rural Eastern Finland.

As, a child, he was always helping his father building boats and manipulating wood into organic shapes.

That experience with creating elegant shapes shows in his large environmental sculptures.

Pernu's favorite working material is local willow branches, that he sources nearby and waves with his own hands.

His ´nicely piled-up´ sculptures can resemble parasols, spinning tops or just a nice temporary sculpture.

But Jakko Pernu´s work exposes the aim of humans to re-design nature, and the other way around!