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Using minimal tools and a simple technique of bending, interweaving, and fastening together sticks, artist PatrickDougherty creates works of art inseparable with nature and the landscape. With a dazzling variety of forms seamlesslyintertwined with their context, his sculptures evoke fantastical images of nests, cocoons, cones, castles, and beehives. Over the last twenty-five years, Dougherty has built more than two hundred works throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia that range from stand-alone structures to a kind of modern primitive architectureevery piece mesmerizing in its ability to fly through trees, overtake buildings, and virtually defy gravity. Stickwork, Dougherty's first monograph, features thirty-eight of his organic, dynamic works that twist the line between architecture, landscape, and art. Constructed on-site using locally sourced materials and local volunteer labor, Dougherty's sculptures are tangles of twigs and branches that have been transformed into something unexpected and wild, elegant and artful, and often humorous. Sometimes freestanding, and other times wrapping around trees, buildings, railings, and rooms, they are constructed indoors and in nature. As organic matter, the stick sculptures eventually disintegrate and fade back into the landscape. Featuring a wealth of photographs and drawings documenting the construction process of each remarkable structure, Stickwork preserves the legend of the man who weaves the simplest of materials into a singular artistic triumph.
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I found out about this book from a blog posted by a blogger who had seen some of the authors pieces. The photographs are excellent and show the quality of the sculptures well. A book to keep by your side and dip into on days when the weather stops you getting out into the garden or walking in the countryside.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Amazing
19 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
The photos in this book are remarkable. Stickwork features the unique work of artist Patrick Dougherty over the past 25 years. Some of the structures he created from sticks are just simply amazing. This book is a real treat.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Gorgeous, Inspiring Photos; Interesting Writing on Process
2 Jan 2011
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This book is beautiful. My only criticism is that the book is not big enough! These are amazing works and captured pretty well here, but the scale is not huge. Not being coffee table sized is nice in some ways, since there's some engrossing text that would be awkward to read curled up on the couch if this was larger. But you'll want more after looking at these. Can't wait to see one of Dougherty's pieces in person now.
Great descriptions by artist how works came into being and interesting anecdotes about each worksite's particular challenges and assets. Getting the back story, sort of a behind the scenes view, on each installation was fascinating and instructive. I loved knowing how the fire inspectors reacted to some of these sculptures in New York, and how a rough neighborhood on Melrose in Los Angeles got excited about a wall piece on a building there.
Also, as a person very curious about the logistics of projects like this, I was especially pleased to get some of the more technical aspects of construction, how gravity defying pieces were built on scaffolds or placed with cranes -- cool stuff.
I gave this book to my dad for Christmas, and after reading it, I now want a copy for myself. Will definitely give as a gift again. Great reaction. Patrick Dougherty is sort of the Billy Collins of stickwork, if I might use the comparison. Lyrical, haunting, whimsical, and transcendent. Don't miss!
Great descriptions by artist how works came into being and interesting anecdotes about each worksite's particular challenges and assets. Getting the back story, sort of a behind the scenes view, on each installation was fascinating and instructive. I loved knowing how the fire inspectors reacted to some of these sculptures in New York, and how a rough neighborhood on Melrose in Los Angeles got excited about a wall piece on a building there.
Also, as a person very curious about the logistics of projects like this, I was especially pleased to get some of the more technical aspects of construction, how gravity defying pieces were built on scaffolds or placed with cranes -- cool stuff.
I gave this book to my dad for Christmas, and after reading it, I now want a copy for myself. Will definitely give as a gift again. Great reaction. Patrick Dougherty is sort of the Billy Collins of stickwork, if I might use the comparison. Lyrical, haunting, whimsical, and transcendent. Don't miss!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
What an amazing art form
3 Mar 2011
Format:Paperback
It is amazing to see what can be made with sticks! The author has created amazing (and humorous) sculptures out of simple sticks (which are actually young saplings) and nothing else. No glue, nails, screws or wire!
And the size of some of these sculptures is just massive! Very impressive! It's sad to think that these creations are not permanent, but as the author says, "The use of such ephemeral materials means that the sculpture has the same life cycle as the sticks themselves, and ultimately it disintegrates and fades back into the landscape, becoming mulch for new life." But it's nice to know they will live on in photographs. This book showcases 38 of his sculptures and provides the story behind each one.
I will never look at a stick the same way again. Well done Mr. Dougherty!
And the size of some of these sculptures is just massive! Very impressive! It's sad to think that these creations are not permanent, but as the author says, "The use of such ephemeral materials means that the sculpture has the same life cycle as the sticks themselves, and ultimately it disintegrates and fades back into the landscape, becoming mulch for new life." But it's nice to know they will live on in photographs. This book showcases 38 of his sculptures and provides the story behind each one.
I will never look at a stick the same way again. Well done Mr. Dougherty!
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