For a few days, I passed by these curious carved heads on my way to work, and then on Monday I had a chance to meet the artist, Tuto. Between my basic Spanish and his patchy English, I gathered that the owner of the lot on Ottawa street is letting Tuto use it as a workspace and gallery until January. Another neighbour who was checking on the sculptor’s progress explained to me that the wood he is using comes from two old trees (poplars, I believe) that stood in Parc Ste-Anne until they blew over during a storm this fall.
Although Tuto claims to have Mayan roots, he does not seem to be daunted by the impending cold.
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How lucky we are in Montreal to have the opportunity to come upon this kind of happening. Thank you Spacing Montreal for bringing it all right into our homes.
Awesome, what a great find. Check back in with him later and let us know what he’s going to do with his totems. I love them.
Gonna have to say that this is everything Griffintown will NOT be about when the “redevelopment” of the neighborhood id done.