Welcome to my Artsite, home to my forest of hand crafted wire Bonsai.
All of my artwork, including the pieces shown, is hand crafted exclusively from castaway materials, whether cast off by Man or by Nature.
Some of the Materials, such as the wire, have been gathered from debris left at construction and demolition sites, while others, such as the driftwood and some of the beach glass, have been carefully collected from beaches and marshes along the coasts of Long Island, NY. Some of the raw glass has been collected from local parks and public areas across Long Island, and the five boroughs of New York City. Beach glass, in my mind, is one of Nature's many ways of transforming man's refuse into beauty.
My vision for these pieces is to unite and blend these raw materials left by Man and Nature, and to reuse and reorganize them in a manner that, rather than detracting from our environment, serves to reflect and magnify Nature's beauty.
Thank you for sharing my vision.
-Michael
Some of the Materials, such as the wire, have been gathered from debris left at construction and demolition sites, while others, such as the driftwood and some of the beach glass, have been carefully collected from beaches and marshes along the coasts of Long Island, NY. Some of the raw glass has been collected from local parks and public areas across Long Island, and the five boroughs of New York City. Beach glass, in my mind, is one of Nature's many ways of transforming man's refuse into beauty.
My vision for these pieces is to unite and blend these raw materials left by Man and Nature, and to reuse and reorganize them in a manner that, rather than detracting from our environment, serves to reflect and magnify Nature's beauty.
Thank you for sharing my vision.
-Michael
 'Good Fortune' November, 2010. Naturally patinized heavy copper wire Bonsai tree with 154 two-toned tumbled bottle glass leaves, on North Fork driftwood. (27'H x 28'L x 20'W) |  Trunk Detail / Small branch cluster detail. |
 Trunk detail 2 |  Root detail. |
Member Of The East End Arts And Humanities Council.
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