tree carving

Yesterday I met with a couple of local artists named Kevin Obregon and Brad Ford Smith who are going to spearhead the tree carving at the La Reunion TX land later this winter. That's where unhealthy and non-native trees have been tagged by Preservation Tree and approved by the City of Dallas for banding - a technique where the bark is hacked off one handswidth around the trunk of the tree, thus inhibiting growth and slowly killing the tree from the inside out. The dying tree becomes a feast for insects and birds and restores a more balanced ecosystem.

We trekked around a bit and talked about various artistic visions. The most final version we have will most likely be altered somewhat before we execute the idea in January, but I'm already really, really excited. It's going to take a couple of clean-up days in advance to get the site ready, but once artists are lined up and we pick a date - wow-oh-wow. you'll want to be there to check it out.