Art & Design|A 140-Year-Old Hemlock Was Lost. Now It Has New Life as Art.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/arts/design/frederic-church-olana-jean-shin.html
In memory of the millions of hemlocks that fell in the 19th century to the local leather-tanning industry, Jean Shin used antique bark-peeling tools to remove the tree’s outer layer before giving it a protective new coat.Credit.Amanda Picotte for The New York Times
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A 140-Year-Old Hemlock Was Lost. Now It Has New Life as Art.
The sculptor Jean Shin gravitates to castoff objects, including a threatened tree at Olana, the former estate of Frederic Church.