Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist who works with land art. He has done a wide variety of pieces that work with almost every naturally existing material in the earth. He has done sculptures of rock, clay, ice, leaves, and twigs to name a few. He creates art during every season. He just changes what materials he uses depending on the season. I think that’s really neat because Goldsworthy can create art anywhere, anytime.

This piece is an arch of slate stones that he created. It was his fourth attempt at this piece. I think this is really amazing for a couple reasons. First, I admire the sheer difficulty of creating this piece. This seems like no easy task, especially considering there was just one person working on it. Second, I think it’s really neat that he took something that exists in nature but made a creation that nature could never do. It really puts a human touch on nature. Archways can be found throughout the British countryside. However, none of them are as fragile as this one.