Shiftwood Sculpture

Assembling the Dancing Tree.

Prints and Sculpture Commissions are available on a Pay What You Will basis.

Email skywdarwin@gmail.com for details.

Funds will be used for:

Vehicle costs for travel
Camera, Video, Sound and Computer equipment
Printing costs
A coffee table book, “8 Years in the Life of an Idea”

Thanks and Be Well!

Sky Darwin

I have been a beach/river rat since I can remember. Shiftwood Sculpture began as a fun thing to do when it was nice out. It was inspired by two pictures:

What struck me was that they were both “bones” in reality and the color was strikingly similar. So I started making crazy animal skeletons out of driftwood and leaving them on the beach for people to find:

The next turn came when I started making the “Ghost Fish” series:

And people really liked them. But they were static sculptures and when I decided to make them into wind vanes, the whole idea broke open and took on a life of it’s own:

But there was still something missing. And that was the story behind the work.

My first big inspiration was when the Elwah Dam by Port Angeles, WA was removed and the Salmon came back to spawn a lot sooner than anyone had predicted. It was as if they could smell that the front door to their ancestral home was open after 100 years.

Then I started doing tributes for whales that had died in the Salish Sea.

In 2013 I sold and gave away most of what I owned and left Seattle where I had been working in the performing arts for 13 years. Armed with a truck, sailboat, kayak, bicycle and the bare necessities, I hit the road. The goal was/is to do “Sites Pacific” installations on as many beaches, rivers and lakes as I could. And document the whole thing with stories, pictures and video.

So dive in and enjoy! It’s not been an easy journey but it has been quite the adventure.

Be Well!

Sky Darwin