British artist David Nash sees beauty in trash; and, he makes other perceive that beauty through his amazing art sculptures that exalt recycling to a completely new level. At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, you could see fallen and diseased trees morphed into sculptural dimensions.
Owing their existence to Nash’s 40 years of patience, art and hard work, the sculptures are, in themselves, powerful artifacts that signify an environmentalist’s passion for recycling. Nash uses a chainsaw, an axe and fire to mould the natural world into green sculptures. The first sculpture, i.e. Three Butts, 2012, flaunts gigantic eucalyptus trees which the artist found in California. In the Nash Conservatory, you could see the Cork Spire, 2012, made from cork oak trees from Portugal. Another marvelous sculpture, i.e. Oculus Block, 2012, is entirely made from eucalyptus wherein splinters, fissures and knots are quite visible.
Nash’s exemplary art involves cutting, charring and oiling to provide sculptures with a distinct appeal.
Via: Treehugger
