Around Town: See Bark, Steel Twisted into Something New

Sculpture artist Adam Long will display pieces he's created during the last six years in Gallery 501 at Art Glass Array, 501 North Kingshighway, St. Charles, MO.

The exhibition, called Trees in Motion, runs June 8 to July 6.

Long uses bark, sticks and acorns in his sculptures which are built on a frame made of branches and steel. He then applies clay and covers it in natural materials.

"I was working on a BA in figure sculpture and at the same time I was also becoming an environmentalist," he said on St. Charles Patch. "I had been collecting bark, sticks and acorns, and one day I started gluing bark to a sculpture as a whim. I decided that's cool and that kick started it all."