The Vineyard Sculptures: Not Made, But Grown

I am a fruit farmer and a breeder. This body of work explores the grape as a medium—an attempt to realize forms and structures in the vineyard that cannot be achieved through breeding alone. Some pieces are guided by a preconceived concept, sculpted slowly through cultivation; others arise from chance occurrences during the growing process. In either case, these are real grapes that physically grew in the vineyard in the shapes shown here. Every bunch depicted here is a natural fruiting body—neither artificially assembled from individual berries nor synthesized from digital generation. These forms were brought into being through agricultural practice, not algorithm. I consider each bunch to be a kind of sculpture—not carved with tools, but shaped through the shifting conditions of sunlight, wind, plant growth, and soil moisture over time. Realizing these forms requires advanced horticultural techniques, along with sustained observation and subtle control.