Documented artwork / woven willow outdoor installation
Fly Away Home
Credit as documented: Patrick Dougherty
Fly Away Home is Patrick Dougherty’s willow installation made in March 2022 for Carpenter Park in Cary, North Carolina. The artist describes a footprint assembled from three interlocking puzzle-like shapes. Dougherty explains that the starting pattern became less apparent as the sculpture grew and took on a sense of movement and playfulness. The work stands beside a park sidewalk used by players, families and other visitors, with a small lake behind it reflecting the woven forms. Dougherty’s published dimensions are 60 by 25 feet, reaching 12 feet high, and his material note identifies willow supplied by Ramo in Quebec. Cary’s project account documents a community residency and a later photograph dated 2025. Neither that photograph nor the historic artist entry verifies the sculpture’s present condition or continued accessibility.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2022
- Materials
- willow
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- 60 × 25 feet in plan; 12 feet high.
- Dimensions apply to
- Artist-published dimensions for the March 2022 Carpenter Park installation, not a transport envelope.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
March 2022
Carpenter Park, Cary, North Carolina
- Site
- Carpenter Park
- City
- Cary
- State / region
- NC
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Setting
- outdoor
- Start date
- 2022-03
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
This record identifies the Carpenter Park work. Cursive Takes a Holiday is a separate July 2022 installation at Tippet Rise, despite appearing on the same artist archive page.
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Sources
- www.carync.gov ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.stickwork.net ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.stickwork.net ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17