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Living Sculptures from the Trees | Chico News
Imagine trees that aren’t just growing—they’re sculpted, bent, and shaped by human hands into living masterpieces. Meet Axel Erlandson, the Swedish-born artist who turned California’s countryside into a surreal forest of arborsculpture in the 1920s. Using sycamores—easy to bend thanks to their thin bark—he crafted jaw-dropping forms like a giant two-legged archway over a path. His creations, gathered at the legendary Tree Circus, included twisted lattices and impossible curves, all grown slowly over decades with relentless care. Though many of his works vanished, over a dozen originals still…
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