Goldworthy is a land artist

In July of 1956 Goldworthy was born in Scotland. He is a sculpter, photographer, and land artist. When he was 13 he began laboring on a farm. As he worked he saw art everywhere around him and got ideas. This is a photograph of a tree with a spiral of ice going around the trunk. To do this he actually took segments of ice and put them together. Just water and ice, no glue. All the natural materials he used include leaves, ice, rocks, flowers, and mud. He sometimes uses pins to put leaves together to make the snake that was swimming down the river and pinned twigs together to form an unusual spider web. He compared his work to picking potatos becuase the labor of his work is repetitive. You can learn about him in the documentary "Rivers and Tides" 2001 by Thomas Riedilsheimer. When looking at his portfolio I looked at alot of arches he made. Arches are used throughout early history because of there great strength and beauty. Many were constructed without cement because the stones lock them self in place. He is a very talented rock balancer. He made large pinecones out of stacks of sheet rock. His work has gone all the way out to the North Pole. There he made more of those arches and rings from blocks of ice. He made a giant's head in a garden out of mud and plants. He chooses very vibrant autumn color leaves to arrange in circles and displays feathers in a very elegant designs. When he puts several of those arches close together they remind me of the slinky toy. He was definity an outdoors man who really appreciated the beauty of nature. And most of his materials did'nt cost anything.