Myself and my friend are working on a second one. The first is now covered with a tarpaulin and gathers leaves and sycamore helicopter seeds (as well as puddles of water) that fall from the big sycamore above. It looks quite nice like that too! People, farmers, and locals who saw it in the raw were impressed! We’ve decided, my co-artist and I, that when the second one is finished we shall build a third in the round, as per Swedish style! Yes, it is a tongue in cheek piece. It’d look great in a large gallery though. Different context. But it’d take ages to dismantle and transport and rebuild. It’s fine as it is in situ. Oh, yes, I think it was some Venice Biennale or other in which an Irish clamp of turf was exhibited. I’ve made clamps of turf myself and seen old timers who even covered them with straw, a kind of thatch, to protect them from the elements, the wild, wet winters! I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else. Most people, I believe, do stuff for money. That’s understandable but it’s not the right way to live. Living is an art. Washing the dishes is an art. You name it, there’s an art to it. It’s a sort-of excellence, there’s a sort-of excellence about doing stuff the right way as opposed to doing stuff for mere money! Sorry, apologies, for waxing lyrical, but it means the world to me… maybe it’s a kind-of moral art… there’s also a little humour in it! Glad you liked it. When the next one is completed I’ll post more photos!
“I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else.”
Exactly! Of the essence.
“I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else” – definitely and If one does it for money, which generally is ok, it is an approach too. I am looking forward to see your new version. Your other works are great too. Some look humble at first sight but one who has learned to look will see a lot.
Thank you! I will get over to your site and see what you’ve been up to as soon as I can.
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That looks imposing mate.
Fuel for the winter after next – if I live that long lol ! Hope you’re well, John 🙂
I’m sure you’ll live for a long time yet Peter.
It’d be a shame to burn it.
Ha! We live in hope John! One never knows what’s round the corner… when the grim reaper will come along with his scythe to mow us down… haha…
Impressive amount of splitting and stacking. Nothing like a good fireplace gazing to stimulate the imagination.
Plus heat to keep the old bones warm over the long winter nights!
It’s a most beautiful piece of art! But it would need a big gallery to be exposed 🙂 Just kidding. But it got all a good object needs.
Myself and my friend are working on a second one. The first is now covered with a tarpaulin and gathers leaves and sycamore helicopter seeds (as well as puddles of water) that fall from the big sycamore above. It looks quite nice like that too! People, farmers, and locals who saw it in the raw were impressed! We’ve decided, my co-artist and I, that when the second one is finished we shall build a third in the round, as per Swedish style! Yes, it is a tongue in cheek piece. It’d look great in a large gallery though. Different context. But it’d take ages to dismantle and transport and rebuild. It’s fine as it is in situ. Oh, yes, I think it was some Venice Biennale or other in which an Irish clamp of turf was exhibited. I’ve made clamps of turf myself and seen old timers who even covered them with straw, a kind of thatch, to protect them from the elements, the wild, wet winters! I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else. Most people, I believe, do stuff for money. That’s understandable but it’s not the right way to live. Living is an art. Washing the dishes is an art. You name it, there’s an art to it. It’s a sort-of excellence, there’s a sort-of excellence about doing stuff the right way as opposed to doing stuff for mere money! Sorry, apologies, for waxing lyrical, but it means the world to me… maybe it’s a kind-of moral art… there’s also a little humour in it! Glad you liked it. When the next one is completed I’ll post more photos!
“I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else.”
Exactly! Of the essence.
“I believe that art is an approach to life as well as much else” – definitely and If one does it for money, which generally is ok, it is an approach too. I am looking forward to see your new version. Your other works are great too. Some look humble at first sight but one who has learned to look will see a lot.
Thank you! I will get over to your site and see what you’ve been up to as soon as I can.