After morning downpours that threatened to turn my sculpture soggy, the day brightened and warmed to a really pleasant afternoon. As I sculpted detail into my pinecone and chatted to visitors to the nursery I was surrounded by some beautiful plants.
The Bottle brush tree with its unusual flowers and seed pods caught my attention and got my mind dreaming up potential sculptural forms. Pictured below is Brian Turner looking rightly proud of his display of lead sculpture, fountains and planters.
Beside him is the pinecone design we were working on for last years Chelsea Flower Show. Behind him in the picture is a statue we have been making a mould of in order to repair and reproduce it.
The statue is 300 years old and despite damage and general distortion from bearing its own weight for all that time, it has the most amazing detail I have ever seen in lead, down to stitching on the shoes and dress and individual hairs carved into gorgeous curls.
Lets hope the weather is as good tomorrow as it ended up being today.
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No pictures of you sculpting at the nursery? I'm looking forward to seeing the artichoke in progress (maybe Saturday?) The photos you have posted are lovely - you have a talent for close-up flower pics.
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