1. ECO-ART
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article written Caroline Hayes
captions provided by www.ecoart.org
Colorado-based artist Lynne Hull might be the Mother Theresa of sculpture and installations. Her unique approach of
creating works that provide shelter, food and water for specific animals in their habitats is turning heads all over the world.
Floating Island sculptures intended for waterfowl, islands have Desert Hydroglyphs are water capture basins for desert wildlife,
become biodiversity “Life Rafts” hosting a range of aquatic holding from one to 5 gallons of rain or snowmelt. Many natural water
species: invertebrates, amphibians, turtles, water birds, wading birds sources have been taken over by humans, leaving wildlife to struggle to find
and songbirds, setting up feedback food webs. When water is warm, water. Water is the most valuable element in the desert, and determines the
invertebrates colonize the islands within 24 hours, with each species extent of biodiversity in an area.
in the food web following soon. Planting parts of the island with the
right native plants results in cleaning the water, roots of plants create
nurseries for fish, and the green plants on the island create nesting cover.
From Canada to South America, Hull
takes 3D art to a whole new level. Her Eco-Atonement
sculptures and installations aren’t only “Participating in
for viewing pleasure but also accomplish habitat restoration
overall goal of functionality. Hull calls her as atonement for the
practice eco-atonement. Atonement means to
damage we have done
make right for a wrongdoing. Hull believes that
humans negatively impact wildlife’s natural to the environment,
habitat. Her artwork is a way to battle this. the habitat lost to
human use which as
Hull works with the forces of nature to assist brought so many
in functionality of each sculpture or installa-
species to the brink.”
tion. She uses only natural materials of which
each species is accustomed already to. Often -Lynne Hull
times she will go into an endangered species’
habitat and recreate what has been harmed.
In an earlier project, she built nesting sites for
birds who would otherwise prefer to land on For more on Lynne Hull’s works,
power lines thus resulting in their death. In biography and missions visit:
addition to building new homes, Hull’s Safe roosting and nesting sculptures for hawks, www.ecoart.org
mission is to make people aware of the dangers owls and eagles, in areas where taking off and www.greenmuseum.org
wildlife experience. Hull’s soulful work is a true landing on older power poles may result in
www.artsheals.org
example of perfectly combining form with electrocution, or areas where human disturbance
may make nesting difficult. www.ecoartnetwork.org
function.
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