Pine Needle Bear by Richard Carpenter

Photos: Richard Carpenter

xoxoxoBruce, a regular at the Cellar Image of the Day forum, posted a series of fascinating photos of this pine needle bear sculpture by Richard Carpenter. The pine needles were gathered off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed, and hand woven over the period of 8 months to make a life-sized bear.

Link (for more pics, scroll down) - via Scribal Terror

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May 12, 2008 at 12:40 pm by Alex
Category: Art & Craft, Pictures

14 comments to "Pine Needle Bear by Richard Carpenter"

MoonCake
May 12th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
oh wow! this is really awesome! i’m so jealous of people who can just pick up random crap off the ground and make a magnificant piece of art. damn them!
SenorMysterioso
May 12th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I wonder what type of under structure this bear has
bean
May 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
That must smell terrific… and hopefully he sprayed it down with fire retardant.
Miss Cellania
May 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Is that Karen’s brother?
CheeseDuck
May 12th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Woah. At least he didn’t waste amillion toothpicks/popsicle sticks!
Viola
May 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Ow! I wonder how many times he stuck himself making that.
ted
May 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Very cool.
Now that’s something to admire.
Ola Amigo
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
That is exceptional work. Clever design.
Cindy
May 13th, 2008 at 10:42 am
i would NEVER be patient enough to do something like that.
Thomas
May 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Amazingly devious. Bears are a threat to our way of life, and they want our honey. Glorifying bears will lead to a generation of children trying to make friends with these dastardly killers.
Oomi
May 13th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Extraordinary. Must have taken a bazillion years to accomplish.
inhighspeed
May 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
That doesn’t look like Richard Carpenter. It’s not him. Can he sing? I didn’t think so. Does he have a ticket to ride, or a wonderful parade? Hah.
Art
May 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Wow!! neat work… I visited the Grand nationals rodeo a couple months back in San Fran and saw an artists work being featured there, he worked with driftwood! there was a life sized Grizzly bear, a life sized Bull, and a couple others. I picked up a card and his name is Matt Torrens, http://www.matttorrens.com really worth a peek if you liked this.
Ramey
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:19 am
Awesome work Richard! I would like to see an explanation of what’s under the pine needle pelt, a wood frame covered with wire?
Keep up the good work!
Ramey

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