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Arts tells the storybehind the amazing twigs and metal scuptures that have been
found on the streets of Wolfville, Nova Scotia since 2004.

Here’s the
article:

N.S. mystery twig artists
reveal themselves

The artists behind several mystery twig and
metal sculptures, which cropped up in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, have come forward
after a year of speculation by the town’s residents.

Terry Drahos,
Nicole Evans and Pat Farrell admitted they were the ones who made the large twig
sculptures, which started to sprout overnight on the streets of the town around
the same time in 2004.

Twig sculpture named ‘Rock’

About a
dozen figures materialized over a period of four months; the pieces eventually
succumbed to the elements or vandals.

Although the reaction was
mixed, most town residents said they were happy with the “random acts of
beauty.”

“There was just no hiding from it anymore,” said Drahos this
week after a new structure appeared outside a food store. The figure of a tall,
anatomically correct nude woman made out of blocks of wood and wire materialized
Monday morning.

A tag on the sculpture has pictures of three stick
people and a message that says: “I’m Sandy. Evolution takes a long time. My
friends and I form a line - a lifeline, a timeline, a fineline, a line of public
art.”

“People were thrilled with the fun of it,” said Drahos.
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The idea of stick figures came up when the artists decided they wanted
to promote awareness of public art.

“We got talking in terms of
guerilla-type art, putting it out in the middle of the night and seeing what
happens,” said Farrell. “We decided to build something that was completely
biodegradable.”

They placed a few stick figures around town, waited
awhile and then did some more. By then, the “twig people” had generated lots of
attention locally and nationally.

“It’s been a ball,” said Evans.
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Drahos says she’s glad the mystery got people talking about art and
considers the whole experience a work of art.