Rock Art Studios, Artaic’s custom landscape art collaboration with liquid landscape designs presented a feature garden display at the 2010 Boston Flower & Garden Show. The Boston Flower & Garden Show tradition has been a New England tradition for more than 100 years, lovers of flowers, plants, gardens and landscape design.
Artaic was happy to be part of Boston’s biggest horticultural happening with a great display designed by Jay Bearfield of Liquid Landscape Designs.
Here is Jay Bearfield’s Artist Statement on the display for the show’s theme – A Feast for the Senses:
All too often we, as Western society, forget about the hidden sense that lies within us all: the sixth sense (or sense ofthe spirit). In keeping with the theme ‘A Feast for Senses’, we created this small space with a continuous focus upon this metaphysical sense: Embracing, through art, what we felt lied within these stones; Manufacturing, through rhythmic layout concepts, what we hope will bring about many moments of true pause and reflection; and Providing you, through convergences of old materials in bold, new formats, with a space that tantalizes the mind and provides food for the soul.
Three landscape design elements:
1. The patio configuration is entirely original and designed and fabricated for this space. Within the patio element, we wanted to create a rhythmic tone which would hold down all of the other elements presented in this small space. We created this feel by cutting and manufacturing our own bluestone pattern which was focused upon varying repeating patterns.
2. The human mind can be easily distracted and water proves to be a fantastic distraction. However, focused small flows can manage to have just as powerful of an impact as the often heavy flowing waterfalls which first come to mind when a water feature is mentioned in gardening. In this water element, we designed this element to embrace the more subtle side of water, providing a fantastic audible backdrop for mediation and reflection.
3. The mosaic stone art elements are the focus of this layout, showcasing a new concept we’re creating in garden art. The tiles that are used in these pieces are all glass, much of it recycled, selected for its durability and resistance to frost (which means these pieces will handle our New England Winters!)
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