A collection of discarded Christmas trees found on the streets of Philadelphia - stripped of their decorations. Using salvaged materials, I have returned them to decorative sculptures.
#15 metal museum tags and nails with gold leafed urethane casting
#12 wire, aluminium leaf, carbonized bass wood base with sheet aluminium - 86"H
#2 cedar sticks, base: carbonized bass wood, walnut, wenge - 79"H
#3 brass buttons, base: wenge and white maple - 94"H
#6 wine and champagne corks on cast concrete base - 84"H
#8 carved stone elements, paint, base: alabaster and plastic - 78"H
#9 wood and glass beads, shells, nails, and leather on walnut and bass wood base - 72"H
#10 inseams from denim jeans, nails on cast concrete base - 96"H
#11 acrylic, nails, lead on carbonized bass wood and lead base - 85"H
#1 buttons, brass nails, gold leaf, base: painted found wood object, cast concrete - 78"H
all photos by John Woodin
