Sentences with phrase «thorns of the acacia tree»

The vicious thorns of the acacia tree, insects flying around the eyes — these are no match for the tongue of the giraffe, one of the longest in the animal kingdom.

Not exact matches

Working in a stunning variety of materials — including wood, stone, metal, plaster, resin, acacia thorns — the artist makes palpable and present the analogous processes of nature and art: carving large trees along their growth patterns to reveal the sapling contained within; elaborating the interior space of his closed hand into a large - scale sculpture that both contains his hand and enlarges the space it contains; rendering the swirling mists of his breath in the cold in tactile clay forms that contain the impression of his body.