I did some sculpting work in my day, mainly teaching children but mine is household mostly in clay. I would dearly love to work in wood or stone, (I have a stone fetish) and I even had a very very expensive collection of chisels bought for me as a gift, (they belonged to a sculptor who died) but as yet wood chunks are beyond my budget. Lat year a lady cut down her massive pines and I knocked on her door to ask for spare bits but her mother in law took the lot for burning!
So, garden art is definitely an interest of mine when I find the wood.
dudleyas-native to coastal north america-tender but thrive inside-the one in the picture is about 8 inches across and ready to bloom-90f here on sunday-a record-the same today-Big Summer is coming
Forgive me, this post is not about April or indeed ...being in my garden but a digression with a sort of garden anecdote:
What hangs in my living room.
Hallway...
Many years ago, I sculpted a head that I could not cast, so I sacrificed it to the garden. It wasn't weather-proof, so its long gone, but my plants have since grown
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I did some sculpting work in my day, mainly teaching children but mine is household mostly in clay. I would dearly love to work in wood or stone, (I have a stone fetish) and I even had a very very expensive collection of chisels bought for me as a gift, (they belonged to a sculptor who died) but as yet wood chunks are beyond my budget. Lat year a lady cut down her massive pines and I knocked on her door to ask for spare bits but her mother in law took the lot for burning!
So, garden art is definitely an interest of mine when I find the wood.
Love the sculptures, and look forward to seeing the Creature of the Deep develop!
Thanks. You won't recognise it as the same piece of wood by the time that I finished playing with it.
Wintersong, if you happen to live in East Sussex, I'm sure that I could find you some wood to practice on.
Although I know a couple of people that carve/sculpt from Stone, it has never interested me. I still admire the skill involved though.
@Eddie J: You're kidding, I live in Kent. That makes us practically neighbours
*flings a seed potato in Eddie's direction*
Out with the camera and iscovered this in the wild shady garden.
Wonder if this link will work.
Nope
dudleyas-native to coastal north america-tender but thrive inside-the one in the picture is about 8 inches across and ready to bloom-90f here on sunday-a record-the same today-Big Summer is coming
Thanks for the info David.
I must have done something very bad in a past life.
Forgive me, this post is not about April or indeed ...being in my garden but a digression with a sort of garden anecdote:
What hangs in my living room.
Hallway...
Many years ago, I sculpted a head that I could not cast, so I sacrificed it to the garden. It wasn't weather-proof, so its long gone, but my plants have since grown