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  • Shadow Caster

    Ian LaBlance All Sculptures Shadow Caster Number on Map 18 Artist Ian LaBlance Material Steel Rods Installation Date June 1, 2006 Learn About the Artist Shadow Caster is sculpture based on my joy of studying insects and fossils. It actually is a biomorphic shape based on bees and beehives and the fossil remains of a trilobite. This sculpture is made out of metal rods and has an articulating spine, creating cascading layers trapping pentagons and hexagons in shadows. Metal rod was used purposefully so that the viewer can look through it and constantly enjoy the ever-changing shadow. More Photos Previous Next

  • Michael Belmore | Haliburton Sculpture Forest | Ontario

    Michael Belmore in a visual artist of Ojibwe heritage. Belmore works in a variety of media including plastics, metal, wood and photography. Michael Belmore Website: www.michaelbelmore.com Michael Belmore was born in 1971 north of Thunder Bay and graduated with an A.O.C.A. in Sculpture/Installation from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario in 1994. Belmore is of Ojibwe heritage and currently lives in the Haliburton Highlands in Ontario.Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art Belmore has worked in a variety of media including plastics, metal, wood and photography. The materials used are an important key to understanding his work and bring into account how we view nature as commodity. For several years his work has evolved around our use of technology and how it has affected our relationship to the environment.Previous exhibitions have included First Nations Art at the Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario (1992), Naked State at the Power Plant Comtemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario (1994), Staking Land Claims at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta (1997), lichen at the Toronto Sculpture Garden (1998), Ravens Wait at the Indian Art Centre in Hull, Quebec (1999) and Vantage Point at the Sacred Circle Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington (2002). As well Belmore has shown with several artist-run-centres and collectives across Canada and created site-specific public art installations for Thunder Bay Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario in London as well as for the City of Peterborough.A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Belmore’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the Indian Art Centre in Hull, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinberg, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery in Kingston, and in numerous private collections. < Back to Artists

  • Kennisis: Horse and Rider | Haliburton Sculpture Forest | Ontario

    William Lishman's sculpture Kennisis: Horse and Rider was originally part of a 55 figure installation titled Transcending the Traffic. Kennisis: Horse and Rider William Lishman Materials: Milled Steel Description: On permanent loan from Fleming College, donated by Janis Parker Location: Close to the main entrance of Fleming College Installation Date: October, 2008 Number on Map: 19 Go to Gallery About the Work: The theme of Expo 86 in Vancouver was transportation and communications. There were three plazas that focused on various forms of transportation; land, sea and air. My concept won the commission for the centerpiece sculpture for the Land Transportation plaza. My thoughts (inspired by Terry Fox and Steve Fonyo) were that muscle power has been the mainstay of our transportation in human history. Legs have carried humankind around the planet since our forbearers crawled from the sea, and who knows when we first started riding various animals. The horse more than any other animal has carried us for many millennia. The overall piece was comprised of many elements depicting the devolution of the wheel. It started at the bottom out of a traffic jam as if wheeled vehicles had been caught in some tornado-like blender, and were torn apart in an upward spiral of varying colours around a central cone to a height of 86 feet. The vehicle parts re-congealed into muscle powered transportation. A celebration of legs! Aside from the wheeled vehicles at the bottom, it was comprised of 55 figures which gradually diminished in size as they spiraled skyward giving the piece a forced perspective and making it appear much higher than its 86 feet. The horse sculpture was in the second step down in scale, just a bit smaller than life size. It represented the history of equestrian transportation depicting a North American aboriginal rider as one with the horse in mind and muscle. The segments that are welded together to make the sculpture are off cuts from a metal stamping plant that made parts for General Motors in Oshawa. The overall piece was entitled Transcending the Traffic. The sculpture was purchased by Janis Parker and donated to Fleming College which has provided the sculpture on permanent loan to the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Janis chose the name Kennisis, the name of a racehorse owned by Gary Vasey and Don Finn, to honour the Vasey and Finn families. < Back to Sculptures

  • Phillip Vander Weg

    Work Decommissioned in 2017 Phillip Vander Weg is a professor of Art at Western Michigan University. He has held that post since 1989 and has been chair of the Department of Art for most of that time Vander Weg is also director of the WMU Sculpture Tour Program, which he founded in 1991. He received his MFA in Sculpture from The University of Michigan’s Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1968. He also has a BS in Design from The University of Michigan. As an artist, Vander Weg has been exhibited regularly since 1969. Venues include Frederick Meijer Sculpture Park and Gardens in Grand Rapids, Cleveland State College, The University of Tennessee, Clemson University, and The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C. Awards and honors include a Purchase Award at The 1996 Allegro Festival Exhibition, winner of The Vanderbilt University Sculpture Competition for Heard Library Interior in 1986, and a Purchase Award in the Art Of The Eighties competition at The Tennessee State Museum (Nashville) in 1982. Since 1972, he has had in excess of 25 private commissions (completed) of major sculptures for clients in the Midwest and Southeast, and his works are in the public and corporate collections of, among many others, The Butler Museum of Art, Tennessee State Museum, New York State University at Potsdam, and Gulf & Western Industries in New York City. He is an active member of The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The College Art Association, FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, and The International Sculpture Conference. < All Artists Phillip Vander Weg ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio Work Decommissioned in 2017 Phillip Vander Weg is a professor of Art at Western Michigan University. He has held that post since 1989 and has been chair of the Department of Art for most of that time Vander Weg is also director of the WMU Sculpture Tour Program, which he founded in 1991. He received his MFA in Sculpture from The University of Michigan’s Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1968. He also has a BS in Design from The University of Michigan. As an artist, Vander Weg has been exhibited regularly since 1969. Venues include Frederick Meijer Sculpture Park and Gardens in Grand Rapids, Cleveland State College, The University of Tennessee, Clemson University, and The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C. Awards and honors include a Purchase Award at The 1996 Allegro Festival Exhibition, winner of The Vanderbilt University Sculpture Competition for Heard Library Interior in 1986, and a Purchase Award in the Art Of The Eighties competition at The Tennessee State Museum (Nashville) in 1982. Since 1972, he has had in excess of 25 private commissions (completed) of major sculptures for clients in the Midwest and Southeast, and his works are in the public and corporate collections of, among many others, The Butler Museum of Art, Tennessee State Museum, New York State University at Potsdam, and Gulf & Western Industries in New York City. He is an active member of The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The College Art Association, FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, and The International Sculpture Conference. Installed Sculptures Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

  • Oil Tanker Obelisk

    2022 < All Sculptures 2022 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Sold Oil Tanker Obelisk Brendan Duggan Oil Tanker Obelisk Oil Tanker Obelisk is part of my continuing series on Canadian transportation offering viewers the chance/choice to recognize or worship a public manifestation of their supply chain. Brendan Duggan Brendan Duggan was born in Toronto in 1971, settling in Gravenhurst in 2004 with a Fine Arts Diploma from the Toronto School of Art. His work shifts between design, craft and art. Combining elements from a broad scope of metalsmithing methodology that includes commercial fabrication and machinist skills to traditional blacksmithing techniques. His sculptures range from found art, constructivist assemblages, to free-form linear monoliths. Brendan has earned many awards for his sculptures and custom metal work, including “Ontario Craft Council Design” from March 2011 and “Best in Show” from March 2014. Brendan’s business Get Bent Metal Fabrication specializes in providing high-quality, detailed custom metal fabrication in the Gravenhurst – Muskoka region and ships worldwide. Get Bent Metal offers steel, stainless steel welding, aluminum welding, copper work, as well as forging and CNC plasma cutting for a variety of industries. Artist Contact Information getbentinfo@gmail.com

  • Athena

    2021 < All Sculptures 2021 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Contact Artist for Pricing Athena Brett Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSEnVhAjjM Athena Athena was known in ancient Greece as the Goddess of Wisdom and War. She was beautiful, courageous, inspirational and known for being the protector of the city. Using all her accolades, I created Athena as a guardian of nature, one that can over see all aspects of her surrounding environmental conditions. Although she is in a fragmented state, this bronze sculpture illustrates the hardships of changes to the natural world that have occurred over time through pollution, global warming and the depletion of forests and marsh lands. Her textural appearance and color of patina, harmonize with the landscaping elements. Athena is also a symbol of strength, surviving the millennium of change, forever watching over and protecting nature Brett Davis Brett Davis was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1957. He graduated with honors from Toronto’s Central Technical School Special Fine Art Program in 1981 where he majored in sculpture, and won The K.A.Griffith Award and The Peter Haworth Award for Meritorious Achievement, and is a member of The Sculptors Society of Canada. He works in all facets of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from welding, fabrication, chasing and fountain design. Brett has also studied ancient and historical patinas for more than 25 years, while practicing in the art of chemical patination, which has gained him a notable reputation as a Patina Specialist in Metal Conservation. With over 25 years of experience, he specializes in the design, manufacturing, installation and maintenance of custom and commissioned bronze works designed specifically for interior and exterior environments. He has worked with many prominent landscaping and architectural firms integrating bronze sculptures and fountains into their unique designs and has won many public art competitions in Ontario, Canada. Brett’s travels abroad have also earned him an international reputation as a bronze artist, participating in many invitational international exhibitions and symposiums, and has numerous private and public works in Asia, United Kingdom, USA and Canada. The Haliburton Sculpture Forest has hosted two of Davis's pieces thus far: "Guardians of the Forest" in our permanent collection and "Athena" in the 2021 downtown exhibit. Artist Contact Information davis@ageofbronze.ca www.ageofbronze.ca

  • Items (All) | Sculpture Forest

    Item List Nyasha Mabika Nyasha Mabika was born on July 2, 1974 in Mutare Manicaland Province, in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. He was the 4th born in a family of 6 children. Nyasha attended both primary and secondary school in Bvumba, a beautiful mountainous region, near the Mozambique border. When Nyasha completed high school in 1991 he began visiting local sculpting co-operatives and assisting sculptors with sanding and polishing their sculptures. Having decided stone sculpting was a career he wished to pursue, Nyasha moved to St. Mary's in Chitungwiza to begin a formal apprenticeship with his late cousin Winston Magura. Winston taught Nyasha and they worked together from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, Nyasha had completed his apprenticeship and was looking for new challenges. He joined a group of other artists and founded an arts co-operative, the Chitungwiza Arts Centre, where he remained an active member until 2016. He now works from his home studio in Epworth. Nyasha goes to the mine himself to select stone, which is his first source of information. He enjoys working with hard stones such as Leopard Rock, Springstone and Opal. Attracted to wildlife, Nyasha says that is what most often he sees in the raw stone. Nyasha enjoys sculpting hippos and abstract pieces. His sculptures have sold to galleries and collectors from Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Canada. ZimArt started to represent Nyasha in Canada in 2017. Read More Jared Tait Jared Tait is a member of the Sachigo Lake First Nation an Oji-Cree First Nation in Treaty 9, territory in the far north of Ontario near the Manitoba border. Jared was raised in Thunder Bay. He currently resides with his family in the countryside near Bancroft. In 2018, Jared began painting under the mentorship of his father, Tim Tait, a self-taught artist. Jared recalls his childhood being surrounded by his father’s paintings and being told stories within them. Since his exposure to art at a young age, Jared has created a strong appreciation and connection to art. Through his understanding of the Woodland style and the methods of telling stories through his work, Jared captures the deep relations to the land and its creatures. He builds on these motivations to preserve the sacred stories, symbolism and teachings. Jared creates imagery inspired by his personal and spiritual experiences and hopes to pass his teachings on to future generations. Read More Charmaine Lurch Charmaine Lurch is a multidisciplinary artist whose painting, sculpture, and social engagement reveal the intricacies and complexities of the relationships between us and our environments. Her sculptures, and installations contend with what is visible and present in conjunction with what remains unsaid or unnoticed. Lurch applies her experience in community arts and education to create inviting entry points into overwhelmingly complex and urgent racial, ecological, and historical matters. Lurch holds a Master in Environmental Studies from York University and has completed studies at the Halliburton School of Art + Design, Sheridan College, OCAD University, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA NYC). Lurch has exhibited beyond and throughout Canada, and her works have been acquired by Global Affairs Canada to be exhibited in EXPO 2021 held in Dubai and Canadian embassies and consulates globally. Read More Carolanne MacLean Carolanne MacLean was born in Toronto in 1949. She is a graduate with honours of the Ontario College of Art in Fine Art and has a B.A. from the University of Toronto. Her large encaustic abstract works are a study in light, colour and texture, sometimes involving the figure, often nonrepresentational. Her City Souls paintings capture moments, passing expressions on the faces around us. She pursues the beauty of the figure through a regular sculpture practice. Artist's Statement: I feel I am working with energy, whether painting or sculpting. I am interested in the healing value of colour and the surprising beauty of the accidental mark, and intrigued by the very existence of our response to beauty. E-mail: cmtoronto@pm.me Read More Don Frost Peterborough born Don Frost had his future path laid out for him by winning first prize in a city wide art exposition at age six in grade one. The following year at age seven, Don had a group showing at the Peterborough Public Library. Public school had its usual trials and tribulations and it was not until grade 10 that Don discovered that he was colour blind to all but the primary colours. At this point Don’s life took a right turn and sculpture was all that he focused on. Don teamed up with a friend in grade 11 who became his art agent and they enjoyed considerable success in the Peterborough area. After high school Don took some time off to do his art and apprentice as a mechanic for a year. In 1973-74 he attended Sheridan Art College followed by a decision to become a professional sculptor having just received a major commission for a large 15' tall sculpture for a new mall being built in Peterborough, Ontario. This was followed by the creation of the largest sculpture in Canada in 1983 by winning a competition for an indoor work for the Michael Starr Building in Oshawa, Ontario. Always seeking new outlets for art Don acquired an art agent in Ottawa which led to an introduction to a patron who kept Don busy creating more than 40 sculptures in a period of twenty years. Don’s work internationally was recently a commission for four large works for a garden in Club Medjulis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Previously to this in an expansive design project by the late King Hussein for a 1.6 km wall of huge relief panels commemorating the history of Jordan, Don’s work on six of these panels was accepted by King Abdullah. Experiencing greater notoriety for the global uniqueness of his art, Don was presented with awards from Peterborough County and commemorated in the Walk of Fame. Presently Don has art representatives across the United States and Canada. Email: don.frost@sympatico.ca Read More Peter Wehrspann Peter is a skilled designer, metal artist and wood worker. A graduate of SITAL, he has twice received the Betty Kantor Scholarship Award for students who display excellence in the program. Before studying furniture design, Peter received a degree in Communications from Wilfrid Laurier University. Born in Toronto, he has been able to widen his perspective by traveling and living abroad in Japan, Switzerland, and Denmark. Peter has also studied design in Denmark where his work was exhibited at the prestigious Denmark Design Skole. His work has been exhibited online, in print media, and at Fluid Living, Distillery District location. Peter is energetically involved in the Toronto craft and design community, most recently is his involvement with Designers Walk Home and Style Studio Tour where his work is displayed at Weavers Art. In the time of his young career, Peter has been developing working relationships with residential clients, interior designers, and architects. Email: peter@holtzundmetal.com Read More Phillip Vander Weg Work Decommissioned in 2017 Phillip Vander Weg is a professor of Art at Western Michigan University. He has held that post since 1989 and has been chair of the Department of Art for most of that time Vander Weg is also director of the WMU Sculpture Tour Program, which he founded in 1991. He received his MFA in Sculpture from The University of Michigan’s Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1968. He also has a BS in Design from The University of Michigan. As an artist, Vander Weg has been exhibited regularly since 1969. Venues include Frederick Meijer Sculpture Park and Gardens in Grand Rapids, Cleveland State College, The University of Tennessee, Clemson University, and The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, N.C. Awards and honors include a Purchase Award at The 1996 Allegro Festival Exhibition, winner of The Vanderbilt University Sculpture Competition for Heard Library Interior in 1986, and a Purchase Award in the Art Of The Eighties competition at The Tennessee State Museum (Nashville) in 1982. Since 1972, he has had in excess of 25 private commissions (completed) of major sculptures for clients in the Midwest and Southeast, and his works are in the public and corporate collections of, among many others, The Butler Museum of Art, Tennessee State Museum, New York State University at Potsdam, and Gulf & Western Industries in New York City. He is an active member of The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, The College Art Association, FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, and The International Sculpture Conference. Read More Carole Turner American artist Carole Turner, who lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey, creates contemporary sculpture in stone, steel, bronze, and wood. She carves, fabricates, and models with abstracted and geometric design, as well as voluptuous figurative and organic form. Carole's sculpture is exhibited internationally and her many monumental sculptures can be found in the collections of museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in Italy, Argentina, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Austria, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, China, Chile, India, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Greece, and the United States. Carole came to Haliburton as part of the Carved on the Canadian Shield Sculpture Symposium in order to carve her sculpture. Celebrating Canada, Ontario, and Dysart 150, four artists came to Haliburton to carve a piece out of limestone representing Canada and the Canadian Shield. Read More Doug Stephens Doug Stephens has been carving stone since taking a course in Haliburton in 1998. Years before he had worked in the set department for film and television and then went on to study sculpture in Halifax at the Nova Scotia School of Fine Art, but had not settled on a medium that had any real meaning for him. That changed when he studied in Haliburton with George Pratt, who then invited him to spend some months in Vancouver apprenticing at his studio. Later that year, Doug opened his own studio in Muskoka and has had his work shown in galleries in Bala, Gravenhurst, Rosseau and Haliburton. Every summer since then he has taught at the Haliburton School of The Arts. In May of 2001 he moved his studio to Belleville and began working as a full-time sculptor for the Campbell Monument Company, carving sculptures for the local and North American market. Read More Tarzan Sithole Tarzan Sithole is a third-generation Zimbabwean stone sculptor, born on February 27th, 1975. He started sculpting in 1994 in Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe. Tarzan started carving with a group of 4 men, Test Sithhole, Clemence Jump and Charles Nembaware. Their group was called Svikiro. Tarzan was inspired by his parents and his friends, Witness and Lameck Bonjisi. Tarzan is known for his captivating works that celebrate the essence of everyday life with a profound focus on the strength, beauty and resilience of women. His mixed masterpiece creations blend traditional techniques with modern flair breathing life in to stories of the human experience. He prefers to use harder stones in his sculpture work, such as springstone, limestone and granite. Tarzan has exhibited his work in various countries around the world, including, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, The Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens and Kew Gardens in London as well as other various galleries in Europe, Canada, Asia, Australia and the United States, earning him international acclaim. Tarzan aspires to become one of the leading sculptors of his generation, mentoring and empowering emerging artists in Zimbabwe and beyond. Read More Richard Shanks Born in England, Richard is the son of a master stone mason who creates industrial masterpieces and functional designs in brick and stone. His mother was an artisan-craftsperson who appreciated beauty in a variety of found objects and nature. Richard’s sister has a similar talent which is being carried on today. As an adult, he his artistic desire led him into the restoration of vintage cars and the building of custom vehicles. In 1989, he married and moved to Nova Scotia where he transformed a century-old sawmill into a unique space, The Mill Gallery Art, Crafts & Curiosities, which was to exhibit their own works and those of local artists. In 1996, they returned to Ontario where Richard took this creativity further, building a studio suitable for the production of various materials including blacksmithing. Richard became a certified Artist Blacksmith in 1999 at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Haliburton. He now creates unique works of art, sculpture and furniture in a variety of media such as steel, stone, wood and glass. They operate, Just Mad Innovative Design—a family business, inspired by their children Justice and Madison who have give them guidance through their own creativity. Anything is Possible! Read More Leo Sepa Leo’s foray into metal art began some thirty years ago. Though the urge to create with fire and metal remained strong throughout the years, Leo’s talents were relegated to weekends and holidays at his Haliburton cottage until he retired. In 1997, he and is wife Hilary fulfilled a longtime dream by establishing Iron Jive Studio in Moore Falls, Haliburton. Leo is a participant of The Haliburton County Studio Tour, where art lovers watch him demonstrate forging techniques and visit his home gallery. Many of Leo’s ideas are conceived and captured on film during outings of rural Ontario, especially Haliburton. He is continually developing and exploring new ideas, which are reflected, in his artwork. Leo’s paternal grandfather was a blacksmith in Estonia (in fact, the name “Sepa” is derived from the Estonian “Raud Sepp” which translates as iron smith). Like his grandfather, Leo uses traditional blacksmith techniques. But he also employs the use of an oxyacetylene torch, a Mig welder, a plasma cutter and various other modern tools. He works in both recycled and new materials where he sometimes uses natural patinas creating a wide variety of pieces. Though the elder Sepa was a traditional blacksmith, forging tools and farm implements, Leo figures a little of his grandfather’s craft rubbed off on him. Leo was born in 1947 in Sweden after his Estonian parents fled to the nearby country to escape Soviet repression after the USSR invaded the Baltic. He came to Canada when he was three. Read More

  • Events (All) | Sculpture Forest

    Upcoming Event Sculpture Forest Alive 25 Celebration Celebration of 25 Years of the Sculpture Forest Learn More To get updates on our upcoming events, follow us on social media! Past Events August 16, 2024 Bawaajigan - To Dream Community members joined Jared Tait to learn about traditional woodland style painting and help to create and paint an installation for the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Read More October 24, 2024 2024 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Read More August 25, 2023 Wild Bee-Making Bee with Charmaine Lurch Join Charmaine Lurch from Monday August 21st to Friday August 25th, at the Haliburton Sculpture Forest to Make Bees. Read More October 26, 2023 2023 Downtown Sculpture Exhibition Come explore! 7 sculptures are installed at sites along Highland Street, the main street of the downtown core of Haliburton Village in Ontario, Canada. Read More May 4, 2023 2023 Downtown Sculpture Exhibition - Public Unveiling On Thursday, May 4th we are unveiling the 5th Annual Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition! Read More June 30, 2023 Art Hut Installation: The Mystery Shack Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Discover S. Demers' cabinet of curiorities! Read More August 25, 2023 Art Hut Installation: Inner: Don’t Peak Tucked into the forest lie three Art Huts with unique art installations within each. Discover Grey's paintings. Read More October 22, 2022 Dance Rx³: Re-emergence, Re-engagement, & Re-connection A dance event in three parts. Read More July 6, 2022 Induction of “Passage” Forest walk and artist talk. Read More October 27, 2022 Pop Goes the Forest A fibre arts installation by Susan Kendal Read More July 31, 2019 Sculpture Forest Re-imagined 2019 An extraordinary performing arts experience. Read More August 7, 2018 Sculpture Forest Re-imagined 2018 Sculpture Forest comes alive with performances, movement and music. Read More June 7, 2017 Carved in the Canadian Shield Four artists from three countries visited Haliburton for a three week sculpture symposium in 2017 in celebration of Dysart 150, Ontario 150, and Canada 150. Read More View More

  • Evolution

    Don Dickson, Amy Doolittle All Sculptures Evolution Number on Map A Artist Don Dickson, Amy Doolittle Material Granite, Steel Installation Date August 1, 2005 Learn About the Artist This is a one of a kind bench carved out of a large granite boulder extended by decorative metal painted red. It came to the forest because many people who were walking the trails wanted benches to rest and reflect. Instead of placing utilitarian benches throughout the sculpture forest the Board of Directors held a competition for one-of-a-kind sculptural benches. It is called “Evolution” because of the evolution from carving things out of stone to shaping things out of metal that comes from the stone. At the same time they entered the Sculpture Forest competition they were invited to an international sculpture symposium in Latvia. Somewhere in a park in Latvia is a matching sculpture to our Evolution. More Photos Previous Next

  • Flying Debris

    Leo Sepa All Sculptures Flying Debris Number on Map 28 Artist Leo Sepa Material Assemblage of mechanical hardware, tools and re-bar Installation Date August 1, 2016 Learn About the Artist Found objects are at the heart of this sculpture, aptly titled "Flying Debris", an assemblage of mechanical hardware, tools and re-bar, formed into the shape of one of the most distinctive local birds, the blue heron. Like many of Leo’s sculptures, the piece and the title exudes wit and whimsy. More Photos Previous Next

  • VR Lion

    2024 < All Sculptures 2024 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition Not for Sale VR Lion Thoreau Bakker The VR Lion This sculpture is a remix of a public work located just outside of the Fairmount Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. The public work (uncredited sculptor) was digitally captured using photogrammetry and reworked in virtual reality sculpting software with the addition of a headset. It is a juxaposition of the traditional and contemporary, referencing the long tradition of lions as sculptural objects with modern digital tools. This sculpture was created using 3D scanning and 3D printing. Thoreau Bakker Thoreau is a Canadian artist and academic. He is currently pursuing a practised-based PHD at TMU. Thoreau studied studio art as an undergrad at Guelph in 2015, and was drawn to the aesthetics of contemporary sculpture and learning about digital fabrication. He was interested in materiality and the formal qualities of sculpture and wished to emulate the work of pop artists like Niki de Saint Phalle and Takashi Murakami. Thoreau loves to experiment with all kinds of different types of tools and materials. These include digital sculpting, clay sculpting, 3D scanning, 3D printing, CNC, mesh editing, mold making, fiberglass and resins. He hopes to work with aluminum and bronze in the future. Thoreau has shown his sculptures in the Elora Sculpture Project and has returned again this year to Haliburton. Artist Contact Information · Website: www.thoreaubakker.com · Email: tbakker@torontomu.ca · Phone: 519-830-2199 · Instagram: @thoreaubakker

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Land Acknowledgment

We would like to acknowledge that we are located on ancestral lands, the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe covered by the Williams Treaties. This area, known to the Anishinaabe as “Gidaaki”, has been inhabited for thousands of years – as territories for hunting, fishing, gathering and growing food.


For thousands of years Indigenous people have been the stewards of this place. The intent and spirit of the treaties that form the legal basis of Canada bind us to share the land “for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow”.

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