PINE/Cone, 2007

Pine CONE structure
Pine CONE structure
Inside the pine cone sculpture
Looking through the pine cone sculpture
Artist

David O'Brien Wagner, AIA/Mike Otto Construction
American

Art Date

2007

Material

Sustainable MN tamarack cribbing, black granite

Location at the Arboretum

Located along Three-Mile Drive behind the Dahlia Trial Garden Parking Lot

This piece elegantly explores the relationship between humans and nature offering visitors a place to rest within a majestic stand of pine trees. Two grey benches allow the visitor to contemplate the sky above and the granite-square-turned reflecting pool below. 

Commissioned by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 2007.