I made a kite out of leaves and pine needles for my Andy Goldsworthy project. I chose a kite because I always flew kites in my backyard as a kid. Whenever I wanted to take my mind off of something that bothered me, my father would offer to get my favorite kite out and fly it with me. Unfortunately, the kite got torn badly in a storm one day, but I still have a deep connect to kites. I made the kite out of freshly picked leaves off of a tree in my backyard, and I threaded them together with pine needles from a nearby pine tree. Also, the sap from the needles acted as a glue to hold the needles and leaves together. Once I was done making a line of threaded leaves, I stuck it on a tree and pinned the two ends together using a pine needle. I pinned it just below the middle so the leaves could make it look like the top half was attached to a string. I took this picture right after I finished the kite in my backyard.
Day 1
I came back the next day to check on my kite and it held up better than I thought. It stormed the night before so I was afraid that it had completely blown away; however, it survived. The sap really helped it stay together although one end broke off. It was swaying in the wind when I took this picture which I thought gave it more of a kite effect. I sure hope the kite holds up for a lot longer!
Day 2
Well I guess all kites have to come down some day. It lasted a lot longer than I had thought. Now its just a pile of leaves on the ground that nature will carry onto another location. I took this picture 4 days after I originally put up the artwork. This project was a lot of fun to do and to see how it progressed until it died.
Day 4
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