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you’ve got to admit it’s getting better

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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!

WINGSCAPES TIMELAPSE PLANTCAM

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged chainsaw, electric planer, sculpture, teak on August 15, 2015 by robjohnsey.

A rotten day

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Finally got my chainsaw out to begin cutting Sculpture number 3. The day began well and ended badly!

S3 maquette 1Maquette for Sculpture 3 – balsa wood 1/5 scale

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This entry was posted in sculpture project on August 11, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Sculpture number 3. The beginning.

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Finally started cutting into a very old piece of teak to make Sculpture 3.

WINGSCAPES TIMELAPSE PLANTCAM

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged chainsaw, keel, keelbolt, sculpture 3 on August 9, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Time lapse experiment

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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.

This entry was posted in sculpture project on August 5, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Port Eliot literary festival

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Just spent the weekend at Port Eliot literary festival near St Germans in Cornwall.

eliot tent

Lots of interesting talks and music but I discovered a single theme which connected with my London trip a few weeks ago.

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged artist, hepworth, landscape, Nicholas Serota, Philip Marsden, port eliot, Simon Armitage, St Ives on August 4, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Summer (Exhibition) in the City

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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

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged Barbara Hepworth, Joseph Cornell, RA Summer Exhibition, surrealist on July 24, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Had a lousy few days

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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.

S3 sketch

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged balsa wood, clinker, maquette, sculpture, Selway Fisher, woodlouse on July 19, 2015 by robjohnsey.

rollercoaster rides

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rollercoaster

I’m calling this the roller coaster. I made it this week as one of the many steps towards constructing my skeleton sculpture.

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged backbone, bandsaw, sculpture, skeleton, spine on July 9, 2015 by robjohnsey.

birds and bees

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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)

Bee (2009)

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged art, dreams, imaginary worlds, light and dark, mezzotint, print, sculpture on July 5, 2015 by robjohnsey.

Gaudi, Gehry and outrageousness

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Spent another day in the workshop working on the details of the first two sculptures.

Just needed to return to my favourite architects today.

Gehry's fish Barcelona

Frank Gehry’s fish building in Barcelona

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This entry was posted in sculpture project and tagged architect, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gaudi, Gehry, Gugenheim, Parc Guell, Sagrada, sculpture on July 5, 2015 by robjohnsey.

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