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Sycamore More More

03.10.2009

Submitted by hsnavely on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:06pm.
The Bite:
How do you like it, how do you like it? If you like it free, arty, and public, cruise by Civic Center to catch artist Patrick Dougherty's 18,000 pounds of willow saplings cut from Pescadero's The Willow Farm, wrapped around the knobby sycamore trees in the plaza across from City Hall. Result: some seriously slick-looking human-size nest art (no, you can't live there – we asked). PD has used tree saplings as his medium for decades, crafting nature-made art around the world, and proving that fascinating art doesn't require asthma-inducing chems like the ammonia, formaldehyde, or turpentine in conventional art supplies. The installation'll be up through November, and it's free - how's that for love?
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The Upper Crust installation by Patrick Dougherty; on display now through Nov. 2009; Civic Center Plaza. Map It.
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SF Arts Commission  on March 11, 2009 at 08:17 AM 1
Thanks for sharing this information with your readers. Just one small correction. It is Patrick Dougherty not "Peter". Thanks!

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