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Wood, wire, metal, clay, plastic, fabric, string, twine, sawdust, glue and paint. 28″× 28″× 34″/ 2022

Over 150 different manmade objects, tools, implements and treatments that are common to a tree, but are not naturally born from it, are modeled in miniature and integrated into a tree 1/20th the size of an average specimen. The tree is made of assembled wood and branches found on hikes, skinned with real bark. The objects are custom-made, by hand, with many material correspondences; plastic bags made from plastic bags, toilet paper rolls made from toilet paper, the facemask made from a facemask. What should be metal is metal, and the same for cloth, wood, rope, and string.

Objects included: 2 man saw, aerobie, archer’s target, arrow sign, arrows, axe, bag of food, balsa wood airplane, baseball cap (MAGA), baseball, basketball, backpack, bell, bicycle, binoculars, birdfeeder, birdhouse, Blair Witch sticks, BLM flyer, booby trap, boomerang, bow saw, box, bread slice, bucket, camera trap, camp sign, candles, candy cane, car bumper, cattle skull, caution tape, celtic rags, chainlink fence, chainsaw, chair (adult), chair (kid), chinese lantern, christmas lights, christmas ornaments, clothesline, condom, dart, dartboard, dreamcatcher, drone, dynamite, eagle glider, easter egg, facemask, fairy house, fishing line & bobber, football, Frisbee, gas lamp, ghost decoration, glasses, glove, golf ball, golf club, grave marker, gun target, hazard stripes, horse figurehead, hubcap, hummingbird feeder, hunting knife, hunting perch, hunting rifle, jack o lantern. Kickball, kids ball, kite, koinobori, ladder, latex balloon, light, lobster buoy, lost cat poster, lover’s initials, machete, mailbox, model rocket, mylar balloon, no trespassing sign, paddle, paper airplane, parachute, penant (pride), penant (treehouse décor), perch, pirate flag, plant, plastic bags, posters, protest sign, pole saw, pull saw, rc helicopter, reflector, rock cairn, roof shingles, rope & pulley, rope ladder, satellite dish, scarf, security camera, shield, shower, shuriken, shuttlecock, skateboard, skeleton, smartphone, sneakers, soda can, solar panel, space flag, spear, spray paint, star decoration, stuffed toy, surveyor’s tape, swing, sword, telescope, tennis ball, tibetan prayer flags, tin can & string, tire swing, toilet paper, towel, toy foam dart, toy paratrooper, toy plane, trail blaze, trash, treehouse, tv antenna, UFO toy, umbrella, utensil windchime, utility pole, watch, water rocket, weather balloon, wild berries sign, wilderness sign, windchimes, wind spinner, wiring, witness tree marker, wooden fence, yard sale sign, yellow ribbon.