WILLISTON, Vt. (WCAX) – It looks like an ordinary construction zone, but something giant, round, and magical is coming to Williston.
“We have the wooden egg, which some people are calling the pine cone, but I kind of don’t mind because the two things are very similar,” said artist and sculptor Clay Mohrman.
About 300 logs stacked along a metal frame are smoothed out at the top, erasing the sculpture’s pinecone beginnings and perfecting it into a round egg.
“The idea behind the piece the wooden egg was to really represent the idea of rebirth,” said Mohrman.
With the desperate need for more housing in Vermont, forests and wetlands are forced to be developed. It’s a story Mohrman hopes to tell through the pinecone-like egg, which will sit outside one of Williston’s newest housing developments.
“So the idea was to kind of create a piece that was an homage to that redevelopment of the land,” said Mohrman.
Two more sculptures will join the egg in what will be a new public park—a wood stack and a rock cairn. Plans for the new park behind the VSECU on Essex Road also include an interactive play area and giant stone boulders.
“As Williston grows and is developed, I think this is a cool way to kind of maintain some green spaces for people to explore and see different art and kind of connect with the land,” said Mohrman.
Construction of the park and its opening to the public is planned for September.