earth serpent

on a very warm and sunny day in the berkeley hills, noah and i brainstormed various land art creations, eventually deciding on a serpentine-like form of eucalyptus bark emerging from out of a trap door in the earth. another way of looking at the form, is the earth opening its mouth and a giant tongue or tentacle twisting out.

eucalyptus spheres

it was very enjoyable to collaborate on the eucalyptus spheres land art project with noah. there was definitely a learning curve in creating these giant spheres of wrapped and interwoven shreds of eucalyptus bark. first we started by creating a series of circular forms, then weaving them together, but the strength was just not there. finally, we began as one would with a snowball, rolling, and packing, and as the spheres became larger, there was more interweaving and shaping involved.