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Incredible Human-Sized Nests Installed Across the Globe

Jan 4, 2010 11:00 PM

Wow, forget treehouse-lust, I want my own Patrick Dougherty human-sized twig-nest.

According to Dougherty's site, he has built over 200 sculptures all over the world to date, beginning in 1982. Dougherty uses primitive building techniques to create his tree sapling structures.

A man working with branches in a natural setting.Via Environmental Graffiti, curator Linda Johnson comments:

"Dougherty's works allude to nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together.

Many of his works look 'found' rather than made, as if they were created by the natural force of a tornado sweeping across the landscape.

He intentionally tries for this effortless effect, as if his creations just fell or grew up naturally in their settings."

Interested in learning how it's done? Click through to check out these step-by-step process photos.

Images of Dougherty's amazing work below; visit stickwork.net to see more.

A large, lush tree surrounded by manicured grass and sculpted bushes.

Unique tree formation with intertwined branches and hollowed trunks.

Straw sculptures resembling animals near a lake in a flowering field.

Art installation made of woven branches in a modern indoor space.

Tree-like sculptures made of intertwined branches in a grassy landscape.

Winter scene featuring a unique architectural structure made of woven materials, covered in snow.

Art installation made of natural materials on a college building wall.

Artistic installation of woven branches on a brick structure.

Art installation of tangled fibers flowing down a staircase.

Natural woven structures resembling large nests under a moonlit sky.

Whimsical structure made of intertwined branches in a natural setting.

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