The first time we had ever seen Tim Tingle’s carvings was at Orr Park in Montevallo, Alabama:
In March, we visited Aldridge Gardens in Hoover — which is wonderful and charming and not-too-big and not-too-small…lovely walking trail with lake and art like below plus some Frank Fleming…
The boys have been coming here since they were babies. We had a regular schedule for each of the five weekdays: Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham Museum of Art, Aldridge Gardens, and one day for whatever. Shug:
…and here’s Shugie by the Tim Tingle carving:
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Late last month, Ai Weiwei’s Iron Tree opened to the public at Meijer Gardens in Michigan. It’s his largest outdoor sculpture yet, 22′ tall x 22′ wide, ‘composed of 99 unique iron pieces cast from individual tree elements from southern China. Held together with oversize stainless steel bolts, Iron Tree appears as a living tree in form, but upon closer examination, the diversity of shapes, exaggeration of reality and awkwardness of the bolts create a much different image.’