Monday, April 11, was Meg White's birthday and we decided to take a small road trip to Bernheim Forest. It was a raining - one of those lost, dark misty days, but with bright new spring colors starting to show. We practically had the place to ourselves on a rainy Monday.
Meg wanted to get pictures of her piece that is located out there- and see how it looked in the rain.
I took the opportunity to check up on my own piece that is in the Edible Garden.
Many years ago, we'd come to Bernheim on another rainy birthday of Meg's, when Matt Weir was installing his "Earth Measure". This year, we decided to also go see Matt's new piece at Maker's Mark Distillery near Loretto, KY.
I could pick out Matt's sculpture from the road over a 1/4 mile away. Whisky Creek is line-of-sight right to the piece.
It's a huge installation that cannot be appreciated in pictures. It's got a sense of scale that has to be seen in person.
This is the back side. Matt pieced large blocks of Indiana Limestone together and made clean geometric shapes emerging from a layered matrix - top notch craftsmanship as usual.
The seams on the copper piece didn't photograph well, but they're awesome. The back side of the silver piece has a mirror finish - you can see yourself.
Here's the signage.
Matt used hand cut lettering to sign and date the piece - a real tight job. Here's a detail of a Bryozoa and a Gastropod that he highlighted.
...another nice detail.
The solar powered car that the distillery uses caught my eye on the way out. Speaking of solar, I wonder if the buildings have been painted all black for some reason beside looks? Maker's Mark distillery is nestled down in a small valley and the grounds are neat as a pin. It is a great day trip that I totally recommend.
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