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<br /> At Gary's Spring Daze,patrons become artists
<br /> Spring Daze festival centerpiece is by and for the public
<br /> BY ANDREW KENNEY,a t
<br /> GARY A sinuous bamboo fence and wiri.,of rock will xS !r e
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<br /> sg a you're at the place.From above,thousands of stone a s x 3s r ssr rt H x r 5 S r ec i ,
<br /> c rc r in take the form of a giant leaf with a bamboo spine , ,
<br /> and r ab is flourishes,It looks like the garden of a Zen
<br /> monk nature reinterpreted by an artist.
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<br /> But beyond its form is a secret purpose. �
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<br /> Stoneleaf+Falrycircle,a centerpiece of Saturday's Spring ;x,= - t 1i*§.tL=rs 1'"OKI;0• I -
<br /> Daze festival,is art by and for the public.Each of its
<br /> careful detains was laid by a high school student,or a
<br /> submarine veteran,or its designer,Michael Layne."The Ssni.,rstl r,"[ _ f. J ��
<br /> public takes ownership of it,"Bayne said. Dan MacCreery,J.7,a senior at Green Hope High
<br /> School,Lays a stone spiral at a town of Cary-sponsored 191 f))80x100
<br /> Dozens of people have worked across six weeks on the art project in Bond Park.
<br /> S'.000 town-sponsored piece,but they won't be done
<br /> before the project's big premiere this weekend.In fact,it rm:"r "
<br /> will be the fao Story Tools ;
<br /> going crowds who w II lay the final stones
<br /> during the towrrg arts fesUvai.And a4,they work,they'!! 'r F[ r a r,�a! -� ; a<S
<br /> learn that there more to the naturalistic design than
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<br /> n-,M cps,rainwater will roil across the piece toward Bond ,?
<br /> Lake,leaving sediment in StoneleaF�s channels and bowls.
<br /> The result should be less dirt and cloudy water headed IF YOU GO
<br /> toward the lake,said Layne,who created a similar project Print Ads
<br /> at Chapel Hill's!own Hall. Stoneleaf+Fairycircle is on display Saturday at Spring
<br /> Daze.The day of visual art,storytelling and music runs
<br /> •Iheyre also beautiful forms,but they have that function," from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.at Fred G.Bond Metro Park,801
<br /> the grey-bearded artist explained from behind his High House Road.For details,visit -,r i ;a'•.orq,
<br /> sunglasses.His art's objective,he said,is both to draw
<br /> people into creative work and lead them to notice the
<br /> simple mechanics of their world. More Cary
<br /> Ross 010rems,a junior at Breen Hope High School, Advertisements
<br /> an anise stones for hours after school this month,
<br /> ccrecunq a fety volunteer work hours for his advanced Most Popular
<br /> environriental science class along the way.
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<br /> Was it better than homework,he pondered'Weil,that ,.
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<br /> assignment anyway.
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<br /> "It's pretty much a chapter we learned(in class);'he said, ,
<br /> pauaing between stone-laden wheelbarrow runs."It's just a _!-Top)obs
<br /> lot more real when you can see what's happening" • C g<<- r i a-.i! Abetter job awaits
<br /> The public will have a chance to view and work on -
<br /> Si onele.af+Fairyclrcle during Saturday's arts festival,which Last 7 Days Watson Electrical Construction Co.LLC
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