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Tree Carving
Getting the La Reunion TX land ready for building while keeping in mind a healthy, long-term ecology is of utmost importance to La Reunion TX.
Partners for Tree Carving include Preservation Tree and Texas Discovery Gardens.
You’re an artist. You have the challenge to create SOMETHING from a tree on the La Reunion TX land as a part of the ecological thinning of dead and dying non-native trees. Our only requirement… you ‘band’ the tree and leave it as safe as possible. What would you create?
Banding: The hands-width girdle created on the tree’s trunk enables the tree to be a decomposing feast for bugs and birds.
The Art Part: The tree has its own environment, as it’s surrounded by grasses, dirt, neighboring shrubs. What can you, the artist, create in and around that space that invokes curiosity? What tools will you use? What spatial considerations will you have? What will you do?
The Caveat: There is no electricity onsite (for now), so all your tools must be self- or hand-powered. Chisels, Knives, Chainsaws – all good (exercising great caution, of course). Decorative additions from the native area such as rocks, wires, twigs, etc., are encouraged, but not mandatory. Paint may be applied, as well, though we encourage environmental-consciousness.
Click Here for pictures from the 2008 event.