Mark Antony Haden Ford and his wife wove the periwinkle-shaped sculpture to celebrate the nature reserve it sits on. Never once during the months-long building process did they think it looked like the poop emoji.
The goal was to create a sea snail-shaped sculpture on a nature reserve. But locals saw something entirely different.Mark Antony Haden Ford and his wife Rebecca wove the periwinkle-shaped sculpture to celebrate the nature reserve it sits on. At no point in the months-long construction of his sea snail-shaped structure did artist Mark Antony Haden Ford think his art looked like anything but an aquatic creature.
Ford said he drew inspiration from archaeological excavations that took place on the site a few years ago. One such dig revealed the remains of periwinkle shells in a medieval willow basket."It just seemed to make sense that it would be made of willow, would be some sort of shelter, and it would be the shape of a periwinkle," Ford said.
According to local media, visitors of the nature reserve have gotten a laugh out of the structure's shape. "I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it.
Ford and his wife Rebecca wove a mythical tetrapodicus in the forest outside of Montreal. Onlookers mistook it for a bear and a dinosaur, Ford says.
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