Dead TREES RENEWED AS ART TO TRANSFORM BILOXI ROADSIDE
Dead TREES RENEWED AS ART TO TRANSFORM BILOXI ROADSIDE
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BILOXI, MISS. (AP) â A woodcarver is transforming standing dead trees into works of art.
Artist Marlin Miller is helping sea life thrive along US 90 in Biloxi. Taking oaks and cypress trees marked for cutting, he created a 10-foot-tall sea horse.
A nest of egrets rose from a tree on western Beach Boulevard.
Miller hoped to finish a pelican, marlin and other carvings â perhaps even an elk head in the tree across from the Elkâs Lodge.
He had to check the tree on the last request, e-mailed to him by the city. He wasnât sure Mother Nature planned an elk at that location. âI just open them up after sheâs already put them there,ââ he said.
The sculpture will be a gift to Biloxi and the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.