Rook Skull 1
Finally got back to carving and came up with a first attempt at creating a skull. A rook skull became the object of re-creation as I found a baby one which had fallen from the rookery in the local Church … Continued
The Earth Mother gives birth
The Earth Mother completed with cold brass covering and giving birth to three Green Men.
The Earth Mother, first cuts.
The first cuts on the, Earth Mother gives birth to the Green Man. This piece of oak grew in the allotments to the front of the house. The finished carving will make it’s first public showing at the Marsden Makers … Continued
Musak Box
Latest sculpture based on the band saw box making technique just in time for the Marsden Jazz festival 2013. As you can see it has two boxes which are removed for playing.
The morning after
Lacking a permanent base Harry and Sullly decided the gate was their only option in the short term until one was made for them, little did they know that they would be waiting for over a year !!
Wand case base
Harry and Sully now have a band saw box base which contains an Oak Sprite wand, just what you need for those awkward situations. Now all I need is the right html spell for rotating an image in WordPress !!! … Continued
Mister Beer Mat
Simple test for text on a square base, must remember that the axis on The Creator is reversed !!!
Three plastic Sheep
Entry for the Masham Arts Festival, 25 October – 2 November 2013 , Beer Mat curated collection 2013. Almost a readymade, the base was within my Blender 3D app skills, the sheep were readymade files from Thingiverse. The PLA … Continued
The * WILDCARD * Creator goes public
The Creator on show in Cafe Ollo, Huddersfield Media Centre, one of the venues for the HOST preview week trail 2013. Here the 3D printer functionality of the sculpture was turned off so as to allow the sculptural aspects … Continued
Photovore dissection
The Nanologist has performed a dissection of a photovore to show it’s inner workings for those who are interested. Further information is to be found under Mark W Tilden on Wikipedia , and Dave Hrynkiw, www.amazon.com/Dave_Hrynkiw/e/B001H6GNAW
Mobile phone
Spring cleaning in the studio unearthed my old friend Drum Head. He emerged from a piece of decaying ornamental cherry a few years ago and was fitted with a Yamaha drum machine. Decided to rename him to, ‘ Mr Mobile … Continued
The Thinker at the Fountain
The first sculpture created to be printed with, THE *wildcard* CREATOR, is called, ‘ The Thinker at the Fountain ‘ . The image attached to this post is a virtual photograph, made with the Blender application, of what the … Continued
The Thinker at the Fountain is a reality
This image was first posted on Facebook and I’m just getting round to posting it here. You are looking at a picture of the only physical version of, The Thinker at the Fountain, that exists at the moment. … Continued
Latest Sculpture, The Repstrap 3D printer named, ” The * WILDCARD * Creator “
Finally got around to posting some images of the RepStrap 3D printer after spending most of 2012 meticulously crafting it from carefully selected bits and pieces found in my collection of unwanted tech artifacts donated by a varied collection of … Continued
His and Hers jewellery boxes
Thought I’d get back into the blogging with pics of some boxes I made during Autumn 2012. The boxes are variation on the basic, bandsaw box, design. Demonstrations of the technique can be found on You Tube and are … Continued
The Nanologist collection 2
These nano creatures are called photovores because they ‘ eat ‘ light to gain the energy they require for life processes. They are mounted as Naturalists would mount and collect a real specimen today. As I discovered these … Continued
Oxley Bank Alien
The flight of steps that lead up the side of Oxley Bank from the lakeside were created by David Nash and consist of charred oiled oak set on a bed of coal. The shot of the steps is taken … Continued
Emley & One & other
As a regular visitor to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and resident of West Yorkshire the ever present presence of Emley Moor mast creates a sensation of someone looking over your shoulder all the time. When you’re out and about you’ll … Continued
The Dryads
Work on the Dryad series completed during 2011. My first attempts at creating sculptures that show a transition between a spirit form and a human form.
The Nanologist Collection 1
This is a picture of the complete first collection on show at Almondbury Garden Gallery.
Soul Oak 21
This is the Hepworth Dryad annual trophy for the ladies race. One of the 36 Soul Oaks.
Head from a post
Just been to Honley to give a couple of the sculptures their annual oiling. This is one of The four winds, the East wind, which is now an annual trophy given to the winner of the Hepworth Dryad, a five-mile … Continued
TATE Liverpool visit
Was delighted to find one of the replicas of Marcel Duchamps sculpture, The Fountain, on show in the, ” This is Sculpture exhibition ” at the Tate Liverpool. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks?sid=2279&wp=1
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