Making sculptures to go on the Coppice

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Um, mind you its started me thinking if I had an horse I could make a fortune selling manure

Well yeh do talk a load of it.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Sonnart

This is my newest sculpture. I like this better then the older one, It is neater and I like using whole chunk of log rather than slicing them into planks. Although I do not like the top two pieces, but that can be sorted easily when I make the next one.

What you think?? There are also some photo of the progress of making it and some sideshots.

Hope you like

Sonnart

aint bad, prefered the one that got nicked.....so i'll keep me hands off that one. lol

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Well yeh do talk a load of it.

If I did I wouldn't need a bloody horse

[Sonnart]

I put the new sculpture up yesterday and I will put up some photos of it they are decent photos this time, taken with a camera rather than a naff phone camera

Lets see how long this one lasts!

I have also gotten some photos from a local lady, so I can start making sculptures from the figures in her photos hurray!

Sonnart

[mobertol]

Look forward to seeing them...

[Sonnart]

Here it is

[MargaretR]

I admire your efforts and noble intentions, but one person's art is another person's firewood.

I don't expect this one will be there for long either.

[Sonnart]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I admire your efforts and noble intentions, but one person's art is another person's firewood.

I don't expect this one will be there for long either.

I agree. What I make will not suit everyones taste. I thought of making a large one, setting it alight and letting it burn.

Similar to Gormleys Wasteman, though that was made of locals home materials, not local wood :P

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by Sonnart

I agree. What I make will not suit everyones taste. I thought of making a large one, setting it alight and letting it burn.

Similar to Gormleys Wasteman, though that was made of locals home materials, not local wood :P

I'm not sure setting the Coppice on fire would go down well.Not sure if it would be classed as art either!

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by Sonnart

I agree. What I make will not suit everyones taste. I thought of making a large one, setting it alight and letting it burn.

Similar to Gormleys Wasteman, though that was made of locals home materials, not local wood :P

I do think you should think of increasing the size of your sculptures for impact -would be a shame to burn them though, all that effort going up in smoke....don't be discouraged by negative comment.

Art is an expression of the soul -follow yours.

(I can say this as I wish with all my being that I had some artistic talent but I don't unfortunately....).

[cashman]

Originally Posted by mobertol

I do think you should think of increasing the size of your sculptures for impact -would be a shame to burn them though, all that effort going up in smoke....don't be discouraged by negative comment.

Art is an expression of the soul -follow yours.

(I can say this as I wish with all my being that I had some artistic talent but I don't unfortunately....).

I was once a great artist. obviously were me lad gets his talent from.

[mobertol]

Originally Posted by cashman

I was once a great artist. obviously were me lad gets his talent from.

Cashy - you are a true artiste!

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Sonnart

I agree. What I make will not suit everyones taste. I thought of making a large one, setting it alight and letting it burn.

Similar to Gormleys Wasteman, though that was made of locals home materials, not local wood :P

How would this be art, making it, taking it up the coppice and setting fire to it. I originaly thought this was a good idea, have to say you are now losing me by straying into the "barm pot" section

[Sonnart]

Ah don't worry, it's was just an idea after I watched a video of Gormleys Wasteman. It was and idea to be more of a performance really, but I do prefer just the sculptures as they are. Gormley made his out of locals old objects like chairs/tables/beds etc. It was kind of a community gathering to watch it burn. It is a barm pot idea :P

I also thought of it as an idea to beat vandals to it before they get to it. I don't plan to put the big sculptures in the woodlands bit, more on the grassy parts.

I have never ever been into conceptual art before I started this course, and although I do now understand it, I'm still not that keen on it. I'm still more of an aesthetics artist than "meaning". But I do like the idea of the sculptures rotting back into the Coppice, in the form of a memory sculpture.

I have some photo-shopped (badly, only spent 10mins on it) images of what I would like the sculptures to look like life size.

I have always planned to make them life size, but these smaller ones are just to test with for making and aesthetics, see if I come across any problems then I'll know how to do things more efficiently when I make the bigger ones

Let me know what you think when I put them up

Thanks for all the feedback so far, it really helps, I appreciate it

Sonnart

[mobertol]

I really don't see the point of burnng something you have spent time, effort and love creating. Perhaps you need to re-think where you are putting this work to be seen by the pubblic- it would be a shame for it to be pee-ed on by dogs and kicked over by the local vandals.
The small sculptures are a bit "lost" on the Coppice in any case -perhaps the gardens of Haworth Art Gallery or an angle in one of the parks or church gardens would be more appropriate...