The Porta Hedge will take a hiatus from road touring this holiday season. And what better time than now to wrap the Hedge, so that it might partake in the holiday spirit while sited in the deep snows of western Pennsylvania this December.

Although we found early in the Summer Tour that having the Porta Hedge wrapped while traveling at high speeds had adverse effects, it does add a certain element of mystery to the object…

Porta Hedge Partially Wrapped for a Pennsylvania Winter

The Porta Hedge contributed briefly to the holiday cheer in the Oak Grove at Indiana University of Pennsylvania as students prepared for finals and the holiday break. IUP grad student Bifei Cao helped decorate the Hedge with LED Christmas lights and we successfully field tested the Porta Hedge solar system’s capabilities to power Christmas lights in addition to its internal power demands. For a quick look at the benefits of using LED lights, see Gizmodo’s review The Pros and Cons of LED Christmas Lights or the Washington Daily Globe’s LED Christmas: Lights offer holiday glow, energy savings.

Many thanks to Kyle Houser, the gallery director at IUP who brought the Porta Hedge to campus!

The Porta Hedge stopped over in a small suburb in Syracuse, New York for Halloween this week.  Our hosts served candy to trick-or-treaters from inside the Hedge as parents congregated at its door, asking if we made it as a prop for Halloween.  Highlights include our first Bumblebee visitors and a large inflatable man.

Parents and Trick-or-Treaters Congregate Around the Porta Hedge

Bumblebee Twins

Another Bumblebee Visits the Hedge

Large Man in the Hedge Refuses to Sit on the Swings