Hug # 4 happened today! This encounter is the first of my Branching Out series to take place in a new location, on Wofford College's campus. As a Senior at Wofford, I feel that impacting one of my local communities would be a great way for me to carry out this project.
So, after lunch today I strolled down Wofford's Liberty Trail, which runs alongside the football stadium, in search of a tree in need of some art attention. Most of the trees on Liberty Trail are tall with few branches in arm's reach as well as few reliefs and details, save their bark. Despite the lack of unique qualities in Liberty Trail's grove, I spotted a gnarly tree with three trunks and many knobs and branches halfway through my walk. I knew this was my tree! At first I was unsure of what portion of this tree I would work with. There were many interesting angles and heights that all held untold artistic opportunities! After a few walks around the tree, I decided upon my spot, low to the ground with a large knot from an absent limb.
The final personality that emerged is of a female tree blinking. This personification was possible by incorporating the following elements and materials:
- Mouth: peanut butter
- Lips: pink strawberry icing
- Nose: Peanut butter covered in rotini pasta
- Eyes: White icing, pecan tree leaves, a rotten pecan shell, and candy corn
- Eyelashes: peanut butter and rotini pasta
- Jewelry (earring and pearl necklace): peanut butter and marshmallows
I am pleased with my fourth hug, primarily because of the emotion she is wearing and sending out to others. Looking at her I feel that I am part of her recently told joke and that we are sharing a laugh. I hope that others, looking at these photographs and physically meeting her, also experience a moment that is alive in this exchange between the individual and my Hug.
Winking off!
Krista
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