In June and July 2020, I turned to sculpture, probably my art calling, but the thing I haven’t had enough time and space for since my 2007 show in New York City. Summer in rural Minnesota is abundant and spacious, and it was time! As the garden was growing, so were my sculptural experiments with paper, formed branches, coffee grounds and other wild animal repellents. Some sculptures were placed in the garden to weather and scare away the deer and rabbits. Playing again with sculpture was freeing. Mixed-media flying boat forms and sculptural assemblages were forming. I learned to felt our dog’s fur into boat forms, which was just the right level of weird to stay sane while stuck at home with our dog’s fur shedding everywhere in 2020. Tiffany Besonen
