Tree-Sapling Sculpture Crops Up on KU Campus

Patrick Dougherty's large-scale sculptures, using tree saplings and branches, spin across buildings and flow through trees. There's a deceptive effortlessness to these swirling forms, resembling hives, cocoons, or nests, some as high as 40 feet.By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – Over the last few weeks, as an artist-in-residence with the Spencer Museum of Art, one of Patrick Dougherty's sculptures has been taking shape on the campus of the University of Kansas. KCUR's Laura Spencer reports.