Made out of wood from trees in Nantes, this colossal figure drips with water which gradually results in a natural patina onto which moss and ferns will grow.
Fabrice Hyber is a trained scientist and artist who sees his body of work like a giant rhizome, where multiple disciplines dialogue. To renovate the botanical collections of the Armorican Massif – a little-known (but vital) facet of the Jardin des Plantes – Hyber was commissioned to create a totemic work: L’Homme de bois, a 6.09 m/20-foot-tall sculpture.
The seeping moisture and stream jetting out of its mouth provide water for a basin protecting the botanical abundance of a local wetland with rare, protected species such as the Estuary Angelica, the Three-square Bulrush, the Marsileia, and Fritillaria.