In Nature
Artist Transforms Damaged Tree Into a Hand Reaching Out to the Sky
With his huge sculpture of a hand emerging from a tree stump, the artist Simon O’Rourke gives new significance to a ‘palm tree.’ Titled Vyrnwy ‘s Giant Hand, the piece measures 50 feet in height and turns in front of your eyes. A typical tree is the pillar of the sculpture; but when you look upward, it starts to lose its bark and gradually becomes the arm’s smooth skin and finishes with the soft creases found in the palm and fingers. This transformation seems as though a giant is struggling to crack his way up.
