Photo Gallery: Big Bugs Swarm Fort Worth Botanic Garden

Arlington TX

14 March, 2022

7:32 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report March 13, 2022 New York artist David Rogers brought his "The Big Bugs" exhibit — 10 giant wooden insects — to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and Botanical Research Institute of Texas on March 10. "It's full time. It's an ongoing process. We're never not engaged in the process of doing that," Rogers said. "I try to create at least one new piece a year, but for the rest of the year — in-between shows — is the restoration and conservation. We actually cut Willow on the way here." The Big Bugs sculptures are made of different types of wood that Rogers and his wife Terri Fox pick themselves. The second half of his exhibit is called The Pollinators — wooden sculptures of insects and animals related to pollination. "He has made over 50 of these, and each one takes over 1,000 trees," Fox said. "He has to go in a ditch and cut the trees. They're constantly in a state of deterioration and being rebuilt just like us." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.