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 The sculptures in the garden are made of nature based materials. The materials are shipped from around the country, as well as local surrounding areas.

 Yvette Dede & Hiroko Inoue created //A Chameleon Meadow-In Praise of Shadows// in 2007. These two women came together to create this piece of art after both garnered attention for their work with nature art. The structure was built over the top of a small creek, using trees, clay, and special soil.

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Brian Rust completed //Earthen Bridge// in 1996 and //Earthen Bridge Reconstructed// 2006. Rust earned his Masters degree in FIne Arts from the University of California, Berkley. //Earthen Bridge// is made up of several different types of materials including wood, stone, and clay. It was constructed with the help of students and faculty from Clemson in several departments, along with staff from the garden. In 2006, Rust, along with volunteers, students, and faculty rebuilt the first bridge, stabilizing and fixing it. =====

Nils-Udo is a native of Germany and is most famous for his paintings. He built //Clemson Clay Nest// in 2005 using a man-made hole of clay along with bamboo trees. There are also numerous logs within the nest to create the look of a bird's nest. Due to safety and decomposition, the Clemson Clay Nest's logs and bamboo had to be disassembled and scattered in the Botanical Garden in 2007.

The first nature-based art sculpture in the Botanical Gardens was //Crucible//, designed by Herb Parker in 1995. Like Rust, Parker was invited back to restore his creation with //Crucible: Crucibulum Evolutum// in 2004. Located above a natural spring, //Crucible// is made up of stones, weeds, and rocks. //Crucible: Crucibulum Evolutum// was a much needed reconstruction adding more rocks to support the evolving sculpture. Also, a sitting area and stairs to a garden were added.

//The Devotion of the Sunflower// was created by Yolanda Gutiérrez in 2003. This piece of art was built in front of the Fran Hanson Discovery Center. Clay is the main item used during construction, but it is also made up of different parts of Earth mixed in with the clay. It is painted different colors to go along with the seasons.

Chris Drury created //Time Capsule// in 2002 using material that would both grow and decay with time. He used trees, cut sticks for weaving, and a mixture of "rammed earth". The domes are constructed with cut sticks atop huge mounds of clay mix. The mounds are surrounded by trees, with the hope that the trees and branches will grow together and eventually enclose the clay mounds.

Patrick Dougherty contributed two works to the Botanical Gardens, //Sittin' Pretty// in 1996 and //Spittin' Image// in 2001. //Sittin' Pretty// was constructed using sticks and branches from local trees and shrubs, cut so they could be woven and bent with ease. This piece of art is probably the most famous in the garden but collapsed two years after its construction. For Dougherty's second sculpture, he planted two group of trees. The outside group of trees was planted in a circle to surround the inner group of trees which was planted tightly together. The outside grouping of trees was tied together by branches and sticks woven around it.

//Ochun// was created by Martha Jackson-Jarvis in 2000 using clay, sand, and cement. She made a mold of two iron kettles and used this as her mold. The molds were semi-buried in the leaves and are accompanied by a fallen tree with rocks surrounding the base.

One of the most interesting pieces of the collection is Kathleen Gilrain's //Impressions of Lost Life// created in 2000. On the bottom of a creek bed are many impressions of pregnant stomachs, cast by Gilrain and her team. These casts are made of a variety of earth including quartz, red clay, and sand. The garden surrounding the creek is made up of herbal plants originally used by Native Americans to heal the sick.

Trudi Entwistle created //The Space in Between// in 2000.. This sculpture consists of round clay mounds covered in moss descending down a slope in the garden. Turkey and other animals feasted on the moss shortly after erection, thus creating a need to recover it the mounds. The mounds are above the ground and leaves, creating a environment perfectly suited for moss to grow and thrive.

Karen McCoy is an environmental artist who has a Masters degree in Fine Arts. In 1999, she created //Invisible Operations// using native red clay and cement layered upon each other. The area on which she placed her sculpture was made into a grid to ensure everything was geometrically sound. Parts of the grid have been buried in hope that nature will take over and grow upon it.

In 1998, the team of Marc Babarit and Gilles Bruni created //Stream Path// out of a dried up stream bottom. They placed rocks on the bed of the stream and lined each bank with numerous sticks giving the illusion of a wall. This sculpture is a little different in the fact that their "canvas" was already created and they added their own artistic touches to the project. Sadly, Stream Path was washed away during a period of heavy rain flow in 2000.

Known as a pioneer in nature based artwork, Alfio Bonanno built //Natural Dialogue// in 1997. //Natural Dialogue// is one of the biggest works at the garden, containing many stones that were brought in by heavy machinery. One might associate the look of //Natural Dialogue// to that of Stonehenge in the sense that they are both rock formations in a circular pattern. This piece of art is also accompanied by a large fallen tree with roots deeply in the ground.

Click the links below to link to particular documents that represent the construction of the sculptures, along with our website page dedicated to construction.

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