I guess there's a theme to December's sculptural efforts: Breezes, Zephyrs, Is it the Winter Winds on my mind?
The first piece that I completed was this vessel in Indiana Limestone called "Breeze". It measures 20" x 14" x 5".
There were quite a few days below freezing when I spent time indoors doing drawings and models. One design to come out of those sessions was a scale rendition for a seat called "Zephyr". This design is actually a spin-off from the "Magic Carpet" bench that I made last year (there's also some visual ties to the piece called "Daydreamer Bench").
Meg used her crane truck to move this block of Indiana Limestone into the studio. It measures 30" x 20" x 16" and weighed-in above 1,000 lbs.
I started the piece by carving the top curved seating element.
Then, I sawed the 2 sides flat and drew on the designs using a timber crayon.
This is how the piece looks today... I was hoping to have it completely done, but it still requires a few days of finish work.
It will also get a base... next spring... when I buy more stone...
… and ending with the standard wildlife image: Last Monday, wave after wave of Sandhill cranes flew over the studio all morning long. Sometimes, they were so close that I could hear the sound of their wings as they passed overhead. Here's a short piece of video for that:
https://youtu.be/_d3F08bysE8
The event started right about the time that I felt the earthquake that centered in Tennessee - I also felt the aftershock sometime later
