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• The Grass and the Osier
• Playing with Light
• Winter Transformation
• A Shelter in the Woods
• The River Swing
• To Vessels
• A Willow Embraced
• The Forty-Five-Beanpole Triangle
• A Clear-Cut
• A Walk to the Orchards
• The Autumn Princess
• The Castle Well I
• The Castle Park
• The Stone Spiral
• The Golden Beech
• The Enwoven Willows
• The Castle Well II
• Willows in Bloom
• The Pyramid-Tree
• A Basket Full of Willow
• The Trnovo Lighthouse
• The Woven Bottle

A Shelter in the Woods

A forest / A wooden circular structure

In winter, the neighbouring farmer cut down trees, split the logs and stacked the cordwood next to the forest where he left it to dry for use.

In the split wood, I saw handy material for building my own temporary lodging.
I wanted to literally step amid the cordwood, surround myself with it, and create an interior, a sort of a place I could only sense.

I became its measure and its centre, my eyes turned toward the crowns.

Date of Implemetation:

March 2001

Place/Locus:

A forest edge at the Zg. Mladetiče Village, near the town of Tržišče in the Dolenjska Region

Technique:

Stacking up cordwood into a circular form

Dimensions:

A circular ground plan of outer diameter 2.80 m, inner diameter 1.80 m and height 2.20 m

Number of Participants:

Autonomous work

Implementation Process:

I piled the cordwood on a circular ground plan up to 2.2 m high. Gradually, I closed the round opening at the top by crossing twigs polygonally.