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DAVID ROGERS, Sculptor
BIG BUGS Sculptor
David Rogers, sculptor of the BIG BUGS, biography.
Installation of Damselfly at Garden in the Woods, 2004, (c) New England Wild Flower Society/Cheryl Lowe
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BIG BUGS ARTIST DAVID ROGERS
FRAMINGHAM, MA ▬ New England Wild Flower Society presents the BIG BUGS exhibit and web-of-life extravaganza at Garden in the Woods, July 12 through October 31, 2008. This is the only chance for visitors to experience the excitement of the BIG BUGS sculptures by David Rogers in New England this summer. Returning by popular demand, the exhibit has played to critical acclaim at botanic gardens across the United States, including Disney’s EPCOT, The New York Botanical Garden, and Chicago Botanic Garden among others. “New to the exhibit this summer is the biggest of the BIG BUGS, a 17’ X 17’ X 12’ Daddy Longlegs,” states David Rogers. “It represented a challenge in engineering and construction, and I am extremely pleased with the results. I chose the red cedar legs and willow pod body for durability and for the aesthetics.”
Even as a kid, David Rogers made BIG art. By the age of thirteen he had learned to weld and built abstract steel-welded sculptures using salvaged car parts and other found scrap materials. As a teen he experimented with found forest materials. Using dry branches and rope-lashing techniques he assembled abstract structures. At this early stage, he steel-welded his first insect sculptures – a preview of BIG things to come. These pieces included a dragonfly and a housefly. To hone his skills in woodworking, Rogers apprenticed to a builder/restorer of sailboats and a cabinetmaker. At this time he also designed and built rustic furniture, using sticks and branches, which he called “Victorian Rustic.”
In 1990, Rogers returned to making BIG sculptures, including dinosaur-sized bugs. In 1993, Rogers developed a special four bug exhibit for the Dallas Arboretum and soon realized the excitement of insects sculpted on the scale of dinosaurs. This innovative theme led to the BIG BUGS exhibit – an exceptional opportunity for public gardens to educate visitors on the role of insects in our world.
You’ll find your feelings about BIG BUGS changing when you see them as they see us July 12 through October 31 at New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA. 508-877-7630, www.newenglandWILD.org.
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