It’s getting better all the time. Yes, a good day’s carving today. I have circumnavigated the rot, if you’ll excuse the nautical terminology!
you’ve got to admit it’s getting better
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Category Archives: sculpture project
A rotten day
Finally got my chainsaw out to begin cutting Sculpture number 3. The day began well and ended badly!
Maquette for Sculpture 3 – balsa wood 1/5 scale
Sculpture number 3. The beginning.
Time lapse experiment
Discovered I can’t upload a video sequence to my blog so I’m trying to link to my facebook to achieve the same result. Click on facebook. The short sequence is me drawing a spiral in preparation for Sculpture 3.
Port Eliot literary festival
Just spent the weekend at Port Eliot literary festival near St Germans in Cornwall.
Lots of interesting talks and music but I discovered a single theme which connected with my London trip a few weeks ago.
Summer (Exhibition) in the City
Just spent two days in London visiting the Barbara Hepworth at the Tate and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Joseph Cornell was at the RA too.
Oval sculpture in guarea wood Continue reading
Had a lousy few days
OK here goes. It’s been a while since I last wrote but I’ve been busy all the same. My sculpting activities have been very repetitive and sometimes tedious but I am getting to the end of a stage. So much so that I’ve decided to start thinking about a third sculpture.
rollercoaster rides
I’m calling this the roller coaster. I made it this week as one of the many steps towards constructing my skeleton sculpture.
birds and bees
Had a bit of fun on my Fine Art course by fabricating an interview with a mythical art magazine. This was written some time ago. Some of the opinions I still hold about art in general. Some I’ve changed my mind about.
Bee (2009)
Gaudi, Gehry and outrageousness
Spent another day in the workshop working on the details of the first two sculptures.
Just needed to return to my favourite architects today.
Frank Gehry’s fish building in Barcelona
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