Andy Goldsworthy, Earth Artist

I just saw a marvellous documentary about British earth artist Andy Goldsworthy. He creates sculptures in nature using found natural materials. Some of these are quite ephemeral, such as a lattice of icicles or an arrangement of leaves on the ground, and others are more permanent stone structures, located in the landscape that they are made from. As he describes it, working with natural materials is his way of connecting with the earth and understanding it, and the impermanent nature of many of his sculptures is an integral part of the work.

See more at Cass Sculpture or the Andy Goldsworthy Digital Catalogue. There is also a Flickr group devoted Goldsworthy’s art. The beautiful documentary Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time can be seen (in whole or in part, depending on copyright enforcement) on YouTube.