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When substantial winds blew the top off an ancient maple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree nigh to their home in Quebec ’s Eastern Townships , Pat and Norman Webster decide to leave the automobile trunk standing .
Tree Rings , 2015 . A sculpture by Patterson Webster . pic by : Patterson Webster .
Pat , a visual artist , garden writer and talker , decided upon a sculpture for the site . “ I believe that representing the account of a situation and the people who inhabit it strengthen an emotional response and allow people to look deeply into the beauty that surrounds them . "
Tree Ringsrises up from the ground like the maple itself . Ten optical maser - cut stainless brand rings circle the remaining torso , with gaps between the rings display the deeply furrowed bark and square bracket fungi that give the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree its special character . doughnut of dissimilar width evoke how the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grew , with blanket ring in good years , narrower in bad .
password and date were optical maser - switch off into the steel rings to tell the tree ’s story . Photo by : Patterson Webster .
Words laser - cut into three rings chronicle the life of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . On the lowest ring is Pat ’s estimate of the tree ’s germination , circa 1848 . The high ring date the tree ’s demise in 2014 . At a mid - point , three words provide a synopsis of the tree diagram ’s function during its lifetime — Seed , Shade , Shadow .
tree diagram Ringsis the most recent of Pat ’s sculptures . More of her study can be seen on her website atwww.siteandinsight.com/art/
Pat ’s blog atwww.siteandinsight.com/blog/is one ofGarden Designmagazine ’s favorite and you will require to adopt her if you are not already .
you may teach more about Pat and Norman Webster ’s astonishing Glen Villa garden here : www.siteandinsight.com / glen - villa/
Pat is also an dynamic utterer and leads garden tours : www.siteandinsight.com / talk/
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