Museum of Natural History (Angers - FRANCE): BARK exhibitions

Cedric is more than happy to show you some of his best tree bark photos exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Angers.

You will see many pictures from his new book on tree barks and 80 unusual bark samples from his private collection.

Indoor exhibition at the Museum : January 27 - September 18, 2012
Outdoor exhibition in the Arboretum Allard : Spring 2012

Information:
Muséum des Sciences Naturelles d'Angers, 43 rue Jules Guitton à Angers
Site : www.angers-museum.fr
Museum open 2pm - 6pm Tuesday to Sunday
Fee : 4 €, free admission for under 26 years old

A new book, a new website...

Since 2008, his first book, Bark: An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees attracted thousands of readers and astonished people with the incredible diversity of tree bark all over the world. After this success, the idea of doing a second volume on the subject was appealing, but also rather daring.

The world of tree bark is an open-air art gallery accessible to everybody, art lovers and nature lovers alike.

The layout of this second book, ECORCES, galerie d'art à ciel ouvert, is purposely simplified and graphic, like is new website : www.cedric-pollet.com/photo. Artists can find endless associations of colours, materials, and textures combined with extraordinary graphic patterns.

For more information in the US, please, contact Marlene Canapi : marlenecanapi@optonline.net & Tel : 914-274-0730

REIMS (FRANCE) : Outdoor Exhibition

The famous 'Parc de Champagne' invited Cédric for their annual tree festival in Reims : September 30 - October 2.

He exhibited 21 pictures between the outstanding chestnut trees circle of the park.

Information:
Parc de Champagne, 10 avenue du Général Giraud à Reims
www.ville-reims.fr
free admission

European Wood Show in Grenoble, France: 14-17 April

The European Wood Show in Grenoble is a must for all people who love wood sculptures & art craft, wood furnitures, constructions, tools, advises.

Cedric will be here during the entire event, exhibiting photos and many samples of barks, woods, fruits and seeds from all over the world.

Conference & signatures of his book BARK: Saturday the 16th, 9h-10h30

Information:
ALPEXPO - Salon Européen du Bois et de l'Habitat Durable
2 avenue d’Innsbruck à Grenoble
Opening hours : 9h-19h
www.alpexpo.com

When a bark becomes a scarf...

The world of bark is an amazing source of inspiration for many artists.

Berna and her friends are handweavers. She found the book BARK from The English Garden Magazine and showed it to her local weaving guild, the Weavers of Orlando.

They were so inspired by the photos that they did a weaving exchange where they each picked one of the bark photos in the book and wove a scarf to match the photo.The result is just amazing and very original.

www.weaversoforlando.com

BARK in English

The English version of BARK (published by Frances Lincoln) is now available in England, the USA and Australia.

'This book is a work of art. We all dream about one day capturing images of this quality on our own cameras' said Tony Kirkham (Head of the arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK) in the magazine GARDENS Illustrated. 'The world's most beautiful barks' said Claire O'Neill in THE Picture SHOW (National Public Radio - USA).
'Amazing tree snaps are barkings' (The Sun - UK).
'The beauty of tree bark' (The Telegraph - UK).

For the next translation, a new destination...the 'land of the rising sun' where the book will be released next year (Japanese Publisher : Sogen-Sha).

To order the book in English:
www.franceslincoln.com or Amazon

September 2010 - Restaurant decor in Paris

Eat delicious Japanese food in a lovely, modern setting, decorated with five of Cedric Pollet’s large prints of tree barks.

The new Japanese restaurant ICHO (named for the ancient Ginkgo biloba tree) is located in the Bastille neighborhood of Paris.

Chef Aroun will be happy to prepare for you his surprising and sophisticated culinary creations.

ICHO, 3 rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris
+33 (0)1 44 78 03 92
www.icho.fr

June 16 – August 1, 2010 : Ile-Saint-Denis (Paris, France)

Current EXHIBITION

For this touring exhibition of BARKS, 24 photographs (size : 90x180cm) are presented outdoors around the Maison du Parc. This charming and unusual green space is located on a small island in the Seine river on the outskirts of Paris.

June 20 : meeting with Cédric and his workshop (2pm - 5pm)

www.parc.ile.st-denis

May 4 – June 13, 2010 : Aulnay-Sous-Bois (Paris, France)

Current EXHIBITION

Eight triptychs (each photo: 90x180cm) are presented outdoors in the Parc du Sausset. The perfect occasion to get some fresh air near Paris in this beautiful park with its wide variety of flora, fauna and landscape.

www.parc.du.sausset

Mars 2010 : Fonsorbes (France)

Barks and jewelry…

The world of bark inspires creators such as Félicie and her jewelry.



Patinaed work softly sculpted from a polymer clay in which different pigments bind without merging. This gives the jewelry vivid coloring, like fragments of bark polished by the sun and time.

Félicie de Laborderie : felicie.de-laborderie@laposte.net

Mars 14 2010 : Montpellier (France)

CONFERENCE, BOOK-SIGNING & EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP at the Domaine d'O

Thanks in particular to its famous Jardin des Plantes, France's first botanical garden, created in 1593, Montpellier possesses an exceptional plant heritage.

For its last event of the winter season, the domain d'O and the association Artopos invited Cédric to share his passion for trees and their bark. The spirit of these 'Sundays of O' is based on the desire to connect art and science around environmental issues, a duality of which Cédric is particularly fond.