Nature's Alphabet and the Tree of Memories, (sculpture)

Object Details

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
Summary: A serpentine brick wall adorned with three reliefs designed for the visually impaired. The center of the wall is shaped like the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and within this area is the Tree of Memories, a broad tree with low, leafy branches. The Tree of Memories relief is flanked by two long, narrow reliefs depicting Nature's Alphabet. The alphabet reliefs consist of animals, plants, and insects representing the letters of the alphabet. Depicted in alphabetic order are: an armadillo, a butterfly, a crab, a dogwood flower, an elephant, a fish, grapes, a hippo, an iguana, a jelly fish, a kiwi, a lobster, a moth, a narcissus, an onion, peas in a pod, a quail, raspberries, a snake, a tulip, an umbrette, a volute, a walnut, a xylocopa, a yak, and a zebra. Seven different colors of clay are combined in these reliefs.

Copyrighted 1993. Dedicated Dec. 16, 1993

Owner/Location: Administered by Wilkes Community College Wilkes Community College Endowment Corporation 120 Collegiate Drive Wilkesboro North Carolina 28697; Located Wilkes Community College Eddy Merle Watson Garden for the Senses Wilkesboro North Carolina

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic: Landscape--Mountain--Blue Ridge Mountains; Allegory--Other--Memory; Landscape--Tree; Animal--Armadillo; Animal--Elephant; Animal--Hippopotamus; Animal--Yak; Animal--Zebra; Animal--Bird--Quail; Animal--Fish--Crab; Animal--Fish--Lobster; Animal--Insect--Butterfly; Animal--Reptile--Lizard; Animal--Reptile--Snake; Animal--Other--Snail; Object--Fruit--Grape; Object--Fruit--Raspberry; Object--Flower--Narcissus; Object--Flower--Dogwood; Object--Vegetable--Onion; Object--Vegetable--Pea; Object--Foodstuff--Nuts