"Brevity" Functional Sculpture

My morning routine, I go out into the stoneyard for "Cat and Coffee" time.  I stare at stones, trying to envision new sculpture projects, while the cat jumps from one to the other.

I'll usually do sketches and then a small clay model from what I saw in my head.

I now have an extra 35,000 lbs. of carving stones that we hauled from my old studio this summer.  

I came up with an idea for this 1,200 lb. block.

You can see the preliminary forms emerging...

Here's the other side.

Meg flipped it upright with her crane truck after I'd finished the bottom.

Here are 4 views of the finished piece.

It is Indiana Limestone and measures 43"W x 24"H x 19"D and weighs approx. 800 lbs.

...and ending this post on a totally different note, Meg cooked an apple pie from the first harvest off my trees.

 

Madison Chatauqua 2023

The Madison Indiana Chautauqua Art Fair was sept. 30 - Oct 1.  The weather was perfect and the crowds were good....

All of these pictures were taken by Meg White.  I especially liked this one.

The art fair is held down by the Ohio River and is a very beautiful setting.

There were some awesome art pieces to be seen.

These flowers are made out of some type of clay.

I want to give honorable mention to these handmade guitars by a local luthier named Nathan Murphy.  They play and sound as good as any Taylor or Martin that I've ever picked up.

You can see the yellow and red ribbon on my bench.  I won 2nd place for the Fine Arts division.  I'll be back next year and I'm hoping to talk Meg into setting up next to me.