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[wakingdream]

This is actually a really cool idea!

TRURO, N.S. - Why chop down a dead tree when you can turn it into public art?

That seems to be the thinking in parts of Nova Scotia.

Truro, Antigonish and Amherst are the three main communities for "arboreal art" in the province, says the new book "Nova Scotia Book of Musts"

After trees in Truro were killed by Dutch elm disease, a local group hired an Acadian chainsaw artist to sculpt the trunks "rather than lose everything and be faced with naked streetscapes," writes author Allan Lynch.



I think this is a great idea! So far there are 32 of them and counting.

[travelmonster]

That sounds like a perfect solution.

[wakingdream]

I think these sculptures are so cool. If I could carve like that I'd totally do that here at home. But I can't. Boo.

[starlagurl]

That's cool. I bet you could carve something pretty close though, it probably just takes some practice.

[sianeth]

This is awesome! But I do love dead trees on their own anyway, I think they make the most amazing shapes sometimes, especially ones with parasites and things.

[cdnbackpacker]

I must say I have seen them in Truro and they are interesting!
Very good idea...