Mosaïculture Pictures

A couple years ago, I discovered a love for art and decorating and crafts that I didn't know I had, and two days ago, I went to Mosaïculture, and I was blown away. I've taken pictures, and I really want to share them with you!

The tree planter. In his left hand, it is a REAL young tree, full size, so it gives you an idea of the immensity of the sculpture.

There were actually quite a few horses, and theses were the first we encountered. With the wind blowing in the leaves, they almost looked alive. 

I found this one so creative. Dog made of hay.

This one actually has a story attached to it. In China, a woman loved the red-crowned cranes so much that she moved right beside a nest. One day, she saw a bird drowning in a nearby river, and saved it, sacrificing herself.  The artist thought it fit to represent her love for nature through plants. 

I don't know if any of you have seen it, but this is Hachiko, the dog that waited for his master at the railway every day for him to come home, even after said master's death, thus inspiring the movie "A Dog's Tale". Heart warming story, heart breaking film. 

The artist comes from a town known for making musical instruments. Said town (I totally forget the name, it starts with an H, though) has also taken onto themselves to protect the turtle that is in danger of extinction. The waterfall represents the music of nature. 

The warthogs are actually the first nature sculpture, the ones that started Mosaïculture. There are five of them, made entirely of dried branches. On the left, there is a face on a tree, representing the spirit of the forest (There was a whole section dedicated to them, accessible through an arch and IN the forest instead of on the path, which I found pretty neat)

Another spirit of the forest, this time holding a gigantic snake that actually went all around the trail.

This one was one of my favorites,  because the wood work was so intricate, and fit so perfectly together. also a breath taking impression of a mare and her baby.

Definitely my second favorite. This is mother Nature (Terre Mère was the name of the piece), and she is only a part of the gigantic, awe-inspiring scene (Full piece below). Notice the ladder on the left, there is a person on it, below her jaw-bone, for scale. Her hair was my favorite part, all made of different leaves and flowing in the breeze. Gah.

This one is based on the Chinese belief that such a sculpture (I keep saying sculpture, but I don't think that's what it actually is) will attract a phoenix. Still a beautiful and intricate piece of art. 

This one is my absolute favorite, called the Bird's Tree (L'arbre aux oiseaux). LOOK AT HOW FREAKING BEAUTIFUL IT IS. We were a group of seven, and we just kind of stared at it. Personally, I couldn't get enough of it. Honest to God, I was so taken by it, I just stood there and I'm pretty sure there were tears in my eyes. The picture doesn't even start doing justice to it, but I just had to share it with you guys, it's absolutely mind blowing. More pictures of it below. 

Seen from below 

There a person behind that bird, for scale. That is a SINGLE bird, and there were more than twenty on that tree, plus roots, trunk, and reptiles at the base of the tree (you can see a turtle on the bottom center of the picture)

 There is also a japanese culture house/museum attached to the park, and you can wander through. One of my favorite parts, I absolutely love the Japanese culture. There was a carp pond, which I could have stayed at forever and ever.

Traditional Tea house,  used for weekly demonstrations. There was also a "tea garden", which guests would walk through in order to prepare for tea (there were actually two, an exterior one, linked to the interior one, which in turn directly led to the tea house), but guests weren't allowed in, and the pictures I took from outside were crappy. 

There was also a bonzai garden, this one is 70 years old, if I'm not mistaken. Lovely tree. 

I hope you enjoyed looking at them as much as I did, but for the full expo, you'll just have to come down to Montreal and see for yourself :)

See you later,
Vero.