I began this project in March of 2016. (see post in this blog) I got inspired by a facebook post of a garden sculpture made of willow branches, and immediately enrolled my good husband and my good friends D and Bear into helping me create her.
After running out of branches in 2016, I once again harvest the dead branches and trimmed back some more branches from my willows and hauled them out back to dry. I also got my large garden cart and went out back to the reservoir and cut down willows around the pond (leaving plenty behind for the local wildlife).
Waiting for things to dry . . . .
2017 I added another 2′ in height to the Willow woman’s skirt, and then started the whole process of finding, cutting and drying willow branches again.
2018 – Completion! I have finally harvested enough willow branches from the pond and from my own willow stands to finish the willow woman. Thank the Gods! Because I am SO over this project. For 2 years, it looked like a giant pile of brush, the piles got int he way of other yard projects and in the way of mowing, and Brian was complaining about them, and . . .
But I think she turned out lovely. I gave her a heart of pink rose quartz, a magic ball to scry into (it lights up at night), and a beautiful 30″ cast iron cauldron, which was given to me and my husband by his Aunt Judy from Missouri. She stands about 7′ high in the front and 5′ high in the back.
