Intersections, an exhibit of new work by Professor Emeritus Gyöngy Laky, is scheduled to open Nov. 15 and run through Dec. 22 at the Braunstein-Quay Gallery, 430 Clementina St., San Francisco. A reception is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 17.

Laky taught at UC Davis for nearly 30 years, driving in from the San Francisco Bay Area. On her drives, she saw orchards being pruned. "I had a strong visual response to the trimmed branches," Laky said. "I was born in 1944 in Hungary during the war. We had nothing. I found the pruned branches beautiful and useful, and the idea that they were considered waste to be burned, abhorrent."

Laky's work employs materials from nature, with the occasional inclusion of recycled elements. Her sculptural constructions, referred to as textile architecture, can be wall hangings or free-standing art.

Her themes cross varieties of subjects and social issues, often taking the form of letters, words or symbols.