Protected Tree Glass, Stick(wood), Hot Glue, Plant Pot My piece is to represent the emotion of irony. The title is incredibly ironic in that the Tree(stick) is covered in glass, which is both fragile and volatile. We as people often interfere with the environment and even positive efforts often times also end up negative. The glass inhibits the growth of the tree and therefore does the opposite of protecting the nature, allowing it to slowly die. The pine cones are also frosted in glass shards, and though 2 have fallen, the last one is left on the tree just barely hanging on for survival. The spider webs, which are made of hot glue, comments how yet, even in death, nature seems to take itself back, allowing for new life to grow and prosper. - Brooke Drury - Art 3D Foundations, 2016