Amazing Leaf Artwork

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Just when you thought you were cool for ironing a leaf in between two pieces of waxed paper, Andy Goldsworthy had to go and eff it all up for you with his mindblowing leaf art. Call me crazy, but Goldsworthy's designs manage to whimsically connect me to nature in an almost spiritual way. Here's to autum, and its crackling brown leaf piles, the scrape of rakes in the mud, and these gorgeous bursts of color.

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Imagine what you might think if you were just prancing through the woods and suddenly stumbled upon this little arrangment.

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Goldsworthy uses little twigs and stems to connect his materials. No glue! Photo Credit

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This snake of leaves is connected by a spine of carefully poked stems. Photo Credit

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I cornucopia of cypress leaves. Photo Credit

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The color gradient arrangements are my favorite. It’s pretty tragic that the artist just leaves the installments in the wild to be blown away. Photo Credit

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A slick of chartreuse on a lucky boulder. Photo Credit

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An underwater maple portal? Photo Credit

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This one blows my mind. From what I gather, he pieces the fresh and dry leaves together to make a bright green splotch. Photo Credit

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This one is titled, “Colors Meeting.”

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A glowing lantern of golden leaves filtering the rays. Photo Credit

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One of Goldsworthy’s iconic snake-like images. Photo Credit

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Oak leaves peeking through holes. Photo Credit

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A toucan-like spread pinned to this mossy trunk with delicate little twigs. Photo Credit

Love what you see?

Check out the documentary, Rivers & Tides, to see Goldsworthy in action with leaves, clay, ice, driftwood, rocks and other found objects of nature.

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Fall foliage ying yang. photo credit

added by alexis 09/23/2009

Leaf artwork indeed!

Custom autumn leaf order

Couldn’t help myself. :)

added by aliciak 09/24/2009
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by susie  09/24/2009  Reply

I used to love pressing leaves and even had a special little book that screwed close. I was 8. But still. These are SO much cooler!

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by aliciak  09/23/2009  Reply

And suddenly my leaf rubbings don’t seem that awesome.

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