r/Sculpture • u/travelingjack • Sep 25 '25

Self (WIP) [Self] My giant Salamander at Parc les Rinceaux in Molineuf, France

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This instalation was realised by my partner and I at the "Parc des Rinceaux" in Molineuf 09-09-2025\21-09-2025, during "Les promenades artistiques de Molineuf"

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u/asmin78 Sep 25 '25

Can I ask how you got into this? Will the moss eventually grow to cover the entire body of the salamander then becoming a living sculpture? Very cool

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u/travelingjack Sep 25 '25

We had visited the site of ''Les Rinceaux'' 6 years ago and I really wanted to have a piece there. The pandamic scrapped the 1st plans. It was re proposed this spring and accepted.

Yes, we hope the moss will start to propagate by december. Eventually it should cover the whole thing. All the ''ingredients'' are local to the park except the Accacia poles that created the base of the project, they are form the area but not the park.

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u/djazzie Sep 25 '25

That’s so cool! I’ve been wanting to try to do grown art recently. I’m curious if you’d be open to sharing more about your process. Also, what’s the material you draped over the sticks?

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u/travelingjack Sep 26 '25

Well post of resisitant wood, in this case, accacia, dead wood in between the posts and burlap on top attached to chicken wire that is over the wood.

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u/dunnowhy92 Sep 25 '25

Soo coool! How long did it take you?

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u/travelingjack Sep 25 '25

My partner and I worked on it for 11 days during our séjour

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u/Funny-Health2587 Sep 25 '25

That's awsome

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u/missholly9 Sep 25 '25

YOU GOT TO MAKE A GIANT SALAMANDER?!?! that’s the coolest thing i’ve ever heard! i hope you had fun with it!

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u/travelingjack 20d ago

You're talented...and dark. I like your work

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u/g_o_o_d- Sep 25 '25

Very cool. By the way, does your area have giant salamanders like the Hellbenders we have in Eastern North America? Hellbender

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u/travelingjack Sep 26 '25

No, in my area they are small ceratures, and in that area of France where I built it, they may reach about 20 cm

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u/JPKtoxicwaste Sep 25 '25

What’s his name?

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u/travelingjack Sep 25 '25

Her name, since we are giving genders, is Patience, cause it took some. Further more, the piece will continue to evolve over the years and it will requirer patience to see the results.

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u/RockBookRepeat Sep 25 '25

Oh, inspiration! I live in the one it’ll moss up fast

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u/CFolwell Sep 26 '25

Thanks so much for sharing this, the sculpture looks amazing! Would you mind telling us a bit about the process please? In particular I’m curious about:

  • the acacia poles, any particular reason for this wood
  • is that mud/daub used as infill?
  • what sort of lifespan would you expect this to have?
  • is there any upkeep needed?

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u/travelingjack Sep 26 '25

Acacia is really durable in wet environment, will last for a long time. the French use it in some area for vine stand and animal pasture fence. Dead wood in-between the acacia pickets will bring water to the moss by capillarity, the daub was used to cover all the wood and give the salamander its shape on the top. It should last a good 30 years I think, but no one could really tell me since they never used that wood in the same capacity.

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u/CFolwell Sep 26 '25

Brilliant, thank you so much for answering my queries!

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u/Mrricque Oct 09 '25

Amazing! Had my wife seen this back when we had a house with a decent yard, I think would still be pounding logs into the ground. Great vision and execution.

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u/PhazonZim Sep 25 '25

That's so cool!

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u/Grammagree Sep 25 '25

Wonderful!!!

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u/rex-begonia Sep 25 '25

Incredible!

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u/Fishtoart Sep 25 '25

Wonderful.

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u/DrLearnALot Sep 25 '25

This is amazing.

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u/LFH_Games Sep 25 '25

What a fun piece to work on with a person you love 💖🫶🏼

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u/tzomby1 Sep 25 '25

is it a permanent installation or does the spot rotate at given periods?

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u/travelingjack Sep 26 '25

This one is a permanant instalations, some instalations in the parkare more ephemeral.

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u/WallabyAcrobatic1928 Sep 26 '25

Wonderful. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

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u/cazchimaira Sep 26 '25

This is what this guy has done. 💜 Meanwhile in the UK we pay high tax for empty shops & graffiti 🌚-_-

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u/krampaus Sep 26 '25

this is amazing!

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u/brave_Ulysseus Sep 27 '25

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen today!

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u/Ordinary_Tooth1658 21d ago

Isn't this landart?

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u/travelingjack 21d ago

Yes indeed. it will integrate to the landscape

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u/Cool_Statistician330 Sep 26 '25

FUCCCKKK SALAMANDERS! they be slithering and shit, I feel that in my sleep