# Stick-Made Cocoon Art (UPDATE) Patrick Dougherty's Public Art is Ethereally Organic By | Published 2013-06-17 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cocoon-art References: [lostateminor](http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/06/14/stickwork-huge-organic-installations-built-to-fall-apart/) & [stickwork.net](http://www.stickwork.net/recent/) Patrick Dougherty's cocoon art has popped up everywhere from Washington D.C. to Scotland. Each of his works is created entirely out of sticks, making them purely organic pieces of art that demonstrate how beautiful nature is -- even plain, brown sticks from the forest floor. Dougherty's works are ethereal, almost fairylike. Some of his most memorable works are three stick-made, cocoon-like houses. The houses' doorways look like a mouth, paired with the windows above that look like eyeholes. The houses are also ovular and slanted, as if they were about to fall over. This gives them the appearance of a screaming face similar to Munch's iconic work. These works are not only built organically, but they are left in natural locations to decay and decompose naturally. Instead of moving them into galleries and trying to preserve them, Dougherty accepts that everything fades eventually -- even art. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 37% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Stick-made Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Exploring new ways to create art using natural materials and organic processes. - **Ethereal Public Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporating ethereal and fairylike elements into public art installations. - **Decaying Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Embracing the concept of art as a transient and evolving experience. ### Who This Affects Most - **Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introducing new artistic techniques and materials to create unique and sustainable artworks. - **Public Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Redefining the boundaries of public art by infusing it with ethereal and whimsical elements. - **Eco-friendly Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Exploring new ways to create art that embraces natural decay and decomposition processes. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Nature-Inspired Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/humannature-1.md) - [Otherworldly Wooden Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wooden-sculptures-1.md) - [Sprouting Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wood-chair-on-grass.md) - [Blooming Clustered Art Forms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/structural-botany.md) - [Science-Backed Wooden Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/seed-stories.md) - [Statement Street Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surreal-street-art-1.md) - [Artful Elevated Timber Treehouses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/secret-camp.md) - [3D-Printed Ethereal Floating Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prairie-cord.md) - [Contemporary Conservationist Treehouses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sylvascope-treehouse.md)