Tidal Art: Flood Sticks

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Flood Sticks

2 comments:

balloongal said...: That first picture looks like a person's shape- running or dancing.; April 21, 2012 at 4:58 PM
PACO said...: Interesting -- I hadn't thought of it that way, but I can see what you mean!; April 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM

About the Artwork

This blog is a record of the pieces that we build when we're out in nature, or in our backyard. We build these for our own pleasure, and for the enjoyment of others who see them in person or in photographs later on. We're inspired by artists like Andy Goldsworthy and Christo & Jeanne-Claude, who focus on the surroundings as much as the artwork itself.

We work as a team, with Paco building more often than Lia, while she does a lot of the photography when they are out together. When we are building collaborative pieces, it is a wonderful experience. We each have our own styles, which gives rise to a synergy that inspires us both.

Our artwork is meant to be ephemeral, with the pieces (and in many cases, the materials themselves) being washed away with the next tide or pulled down by gravity and time. In return, nature provides us with an astonishing array of building blocks, with each work of art being dictated by what we find on that day in that location.

Ultimately, Nature is the true artist, while we're just her apprentices.