Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy was born on July 26, 1956. He is a British sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist. He produces sculptures and land art in their original land settings. His work often includes brightly colored flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs and thorns. He also practices rock balancing which is an art in which the artist would take rocks and balance them on top of one another in different types of positions. For a lot of his work, Goldsworthy uses his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to create his art. For his permanent sculptures he uses machinery.

One of his works that I really found interesting was a sculpture he created out of ice. On a bright sunny morning Goldsworthy cut a slab of risen snow. He scraped away at it with a stick creating a circular design. The circular design carved in the snow was just short of breaking through meaning that if one were to touch it it would break. I really like how the majority of his work is really detailed and this piece demonstrates that. He scraped away at the ice carefully and he put in a lot of detail. I also really think it is interesting how he only creates sculptures with materials found in its original settings.