Early 21st Century Natural Tree Root Sculpture

Description

Nature produces beautiful sculptures. Provinces in Southwest China, especially in Guangxi and Southern Yunnan have low mountain formations and of … more Nature produces beautiful sculptures. Provinces in Southwest China, especially in Guangxi and Southern Yunnan have low mountain formations and of rock cliffs. These regions, especially those under the jurisdiction of Minority People have interesting plant life, especially fast growing plants that grow rapidly all over rock cliffs. To reach the growing areas of these interesting roots is not for the faint of heart, and definitely not open to hikers and trekkers. The natives harvest these interesting root sculptures by reaching the cliffs using zip lines. Their practice of harvesting tree roots has been strongly discouraged so the market today is not flooded with three roots for sale as before.

The artist who made this sculpture eyed a piece of tree root and saw a horse head. He trimmed and cut and this is the end product. The same piece of root has different colorations and textures, and the artist tried to incorporate what he thought was interesting into his work. I am not a botanist and cannot explain why the same piece of root has all these different characteristics, and I keep seeing the head of a horse. The beauty of this object is it can be placed at different angles and the perspective changes. less