Edward Tufte Open House

        A little while ago, I got the chance to visit the property that Edward Tufte lives on. Edward Tufte lives on very big piece of private property, that he has dedicated to putting up huge sculptures. Once a year, he opens his property to the public and people can come and admire the art that he created. The land was amazing! There was so much to see that you could never have the time in one day to admire all of the art.
    
       The first thing we got to see was a sculpture of a gigantic steel fish hanging from a small crane. This sat at the entrance to Edward Tufte's driveway. The driveway was on a seemingly endless hill. There are actually road signs that joke, by reading, "road never ends." When you reach the top of hill you are greeted to the land from Edward Tufte himself.

          After finding a place to park, we started to look around the property. We started off at another hanging metal fish, this one was not hanging down from a crane though; it was hanging from a tree. The hanging fish can be found scattered all around the grounds. After every few statues there is found a hanging fish. 
     Right after the fish, we walked along a rock wall. Each piece of stone along this wall is about ten feet tall, they lean against each other and form a long wall. Down the hill from that we found smaller stone walls that raise a couple feet off the ground. These form a small path way that people can walk along. just past that we were greeted by another hanging fish. After that, there was another stone wall. This wall was much smaller and seemed very delicate. Each piece of rock was put together in the way that it looked as though if you were even to just touch it it would fall apart. Then we came across yet another rock wall very similar to the first, yet this one was up to twice the size and formed its self in a circular pattern.

         On the other end of the property you will find the air streams. Tufte puts air stream camper vans on top of long poles that stick diagonally into the air, and he decorates them to look like rocket ships. Edward Tufte used some of the old parts from a nuclear power plant in some of his sculptures. One is a old piece from the power plant that is shaped like a C and you can push it and spins. There is a big lake on his property in front of his small house. In the lake, there is a paddle boat that is shaped like a big swan.

        He had so may great sculptures to see on his property. I had a great time and I highly suggest going next year. There is so much art to see and it is truly magnificent.