{"id":3132,"date":"2017-03-19T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugagreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:36:42","slug":"turning-trees-into-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/2017\/03\/19\/turning-trees-into-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning trees into art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Around with world people are finding ways to turn the destruction caused by major storms into something beautiful. Hurricane Ike struck Galveston, Texas, in 2008, bringing with it a 6 to 15 foot surge of salt water the led to the death of around 35,000 trees, including some 50-100 year old live oaks.&nbsp;Most of the trees were cut down, but some remained and became works of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9746_10241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9746_10241.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3152\" class=\"wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9746_10241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9746_10241-225x300.jpg 225w\" 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class=\"wp-image-3140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9759_1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9759_1024-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9750_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9750_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3137\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9750_1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9750_1024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/greenway\/files\/2017\/03\/thumb_img_9750_1024-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Galveston kept even more out of the landfill and compost piles by shipping around 200 tons of wood debris to a shipyard in Malaga, Spain to&nbsp;build a replica of the Galveztown, a 1779 ship in the Spanish fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many other communities that have created wonderful works of art from dead trees. Below is a list of some of the tree art around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Forest of faces in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploresouthernhistory.com\/orrpark.html\">Orr Park<\/a> in Montebello, Alabama, USA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biloxi.ms.us\/katrina-biloxi\/sculptures\/\">Hurricane Katrina sculptures<\/a> in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovertasmania.com.au\/attraction\/legerwoodcarvedmemorialtrees\">Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees<\/a> in Tasmania, Australia<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au\/melbourneplaygrounds-info.php?id=24587\">Avenue of Honour <\/a>in Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotreeproject.org\">Chicago Tree Project<\/a>&nbsp;in Chicago, Illinois, USA<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about other tree art projects from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amusingplanet.com\/2016\/06\/carving-dead-trees-into-public-art.html\">Amusing Planet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around with world people are finding ways to turn the destruction caused by major storms into something beautiful. 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