Lost Falcon of Westphalia

2004
Indigenous plants and stone
Westphalia, Germany
Estate of Richard Casimir Karl August Robert Konstantin, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

The Lost Falcon of Westphalia is a Celtic fortification protecting the post-ice age landscape that would have existed ten thousand years ago. The fortification is int he shape of a falcon that has long since disappeared along with the vegetation that now comprises its shape. The specimens used were selected due to their ability to survive with the rising temperatures of today. These species had disappeared with the end of the ice age, through climate change I was able to reintroduce plants that were once indigenous to the region.