Stone Piles by the Mill River in Northampton

Kinetic Solar Panel Art on the Forbes Library Lawn.

The artist standing by his creation.

I walked up to the library yesterday, and I saw this guy tinkering with this on the lawn, so I went up and asked him what it was. He explained that it was kinetic art, designed to give you an immediate feeling about the energy gathered from the sun, since that is the only thing which powers the motor which turns the stuff inside. It is more immediate than static solar panels.


Another angle, and a close-up of the motor on the inside.

Junk Art by the River in Leeds

Found while exploring a path by the Mill River. We added some to it.

Stones in Tree - Found Art

I found these sculptures along the Mill river in Northampton, MA.



It is a fertile place for art.

Painted Glassware by Tonya Dixon

Tonya likes to get plain glasswares from thrift shops, and spruce them up with her painting. I really like the results.

"Downtown Highball"

"Downtown Vase"

"Men Like Pink"

A table setting with glasses as the main serving!

Mouseworks Lighted Sculptures

Here are some of the cool lighted sculptures created by Mouseworks, AKA Mark Wilson.

"Capsule"

"Doctor Caligari's Cabinet"

"Casablanca"
See more at his website here.

Sculptures by Guy

Great new industrial sculptures by Guy. Made from scraps at work.

Snow Sculptures

A few weeks ago, when the power went out during the heavy October snowstorm, I went downtown and found my friend Guy making snow sculptures. Here's some pictures of them.

Sculpture at the Peace Pagoda

I went up to the Peace Pagoda, in Leverett, MA, with some friends, and there was this sculpture in a field near it. I thought it was interesting, and I have included a picture with the text from a nearby sign.

The Peace Pagoda itself.

Sculptures on the Courthouse Lawn

I've been seeing these great sculptures on the lawn of the county courthouse for a little while now, and decided to take some pictures to share here.

Transition Northampton

I was walking home from town, and saw this structure on the lawn of the Forbes Library. I took some pictures and talked to the people putting it up, and learned that they were with Transition Northampton, which is an organization which aims to promotion sustainability and resilience in the local community. I thought that sounded like a good idea.

Here's a link to their Facebook page.

Lost Ducks of Winter Past

Cairn of broken sticks

"Building this was exciting. It looked like a nest at first but I had this idea of an egg-shape. You can see it from the road nearby if you are lucky and perceptive and I think that if you are lucky and perceptive there should be something mysterious and a little grand waiting for you to discover. I like the moment when I see something beautiful and so strangely organized that you wonder, 'what did this? it must have been some crazy guy!' In a way I guess I am hoping that when other humans see it it may cause them to think, 'some human did that, definitely, only people are that cool... I'm a person.' I also like that this particular work had anthropomorphic overtones, it looks like a witness or a guardian."

-Jeremiah Griswold

Ninja star ferns

"So I was thinking, 'I gotta get out of my head and into my hands.' If you know what I mean. I was walking in the woods a lot anyway. This was the stuff, this was the place, the stream was filled to overflowing and rushing on by. 'I like whirlpools,' never entered my head. Its a little weird how I'm guided by whatever it is, but I have yet to actually plan any of this."

- Jeremiah Griswold

Whirlpool ferns coming from the tree

"I think I could have done more with this, I guess there is still time. I actually like working with stuff that goes away, sometimes very quickly. Seeing what I can do with what's available. I played a little with texture and color here. It was raining like hell at the time. I saw this tree which had fallen across the stream in the winter and there was this perfect yoda-hut hole in the base of it. I have been thinking about decay a lot recently, and life. The tree had died but there were these mushrooms growing out of it and beetles eating the bark, it was going back into the ground and so I guess I just went with that."

- Jeremiah Griswold