Dorothy Gill Barnes: collaborating with nature

Dorothy Gill Barnes in collaboration with nature highlights the work of a renowned sculptor, known for transforming natural materials to create strikingly original works that mix glass, bark and branches in intriguing ways. Among Barnes’ innovations were “dendroglyphs," markings she’d make on live tree bark, which she allowed to grow into readable scars for months or years before harvesting and using the resulting bark “drawings" in her works.